AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review – AMD’s Brilliant All-Rounder

1. Introducing the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. Performance and Testing: CPU3. Performance and Testing: System and Gaming4. Performance and Testing: Gaming5. Closing Thoughts6. View All Pages

Performance and Testing: CPU

Test system

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
• Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi
• RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C30
• Graphics Card: MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X 24GB
• CPU cooler: Phanteks Glacier One 360D30
• SSD: 1TB Crucial T700
• Power Supply: Seasonic Focus ATX3.1 GX-1000 Gold
• Operating System: Windows 11 24H2

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

In Cinebench 2024 Multi Core we see the first of many fine results for Ryzen 9 9950X3D, but it should be noted it is only a tiny margin ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K in this test .

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Cinebench 2024 Single Core reverses the result with Intel taking top honours and Ryzen 9 dropping to second place.

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core per £

In this chart we take the Cinebench 2024 Multi Core score and divide by the cost of the CPU to get a feel for value for money. AMD 3D CPUs cost plenty and as a result suffer in this chart.

CPU Power Consumption

AMD Zen 5 technology is impressively efficient and in this chart of CPU Power Consumption we see that Ryzen 9 9950X and 9950X3D each consume 200W under full load where Intel Raptor Lake demands 253W.

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core per Watt

Here we take the Cinebench 2024 Multi Core score and divide by power consumption to gauge efficiency and we see AMD doing well with the Ryzen 9 9950X3D in third place.

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