320W power, clocks over 5.5 GHz across all cores, 40% faster than the 14900K

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X CPU has been tested with a 5.5 GHz all core overclock and, again, using the Infinite Power profile pushing 320W of power.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X overclocked to 5.5 GHz across all 16-cores at 253W, also tested with unlimited PPT settings with 320W energy consumption

The overall bomb of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X CPU tests has been dropped by AnandTech forum member, Igor_Kavinsky, showing us how the 16-core flagship scales at various TDP limits in the Blender benchmark. So far, they have proven 60W,90W,120W,160W, 230W PPT effects, and now, we have two brand new entries, one at 253W with 5.5 GHz overclocked and one with unlimited PPT.

The chip being screwed through Igor’s supply is an engineering pattern that should have relatively lower clocks than the retail chip. At 60W, the chip was able to come on par with the Intel Core i9-12900K generation with boosting up to 4084 MHz, and at 90W, it was able to outperform the Ryzen 9 5950X generation with boosting up to 5053 MHz. megahertz. At 120W, the chip surpasses all current-gen processors from Intel and AMD up to 5555 MHz in power and the same is the case with the 230W result which now takes things up a notch with a frequency above 5.6 GHz. She goes.

With the unlimited PPT method, no change in maximum frequency was observed, but all cores had higher clock speeds, exceeding 5.5 GHz, which was about 5.4 GHz with respect to the 230W PPT. It has a 5.5 GHz static overclock which was completed at a PPT of 253W to compare to the maximum power limit for Intel’s Core i9 CPU. Keep in mind that the alternative chips tested here are operating at their peak power ranking. This is the best AMD Ryzen 9 9950X ES CPU that has been tuned. To summarize it all:

• Ryzen 9 9950X (Unlimited PPT) – 5621 MHz Altitude Clock / 80C Temperature
• Ryzen 9 9950X (253W PPT / 5.5 GHz OC) – 5500Mhz Altitude Clock / 61C Temperature
• Ryzen 9 9950X (230W PPT) – 5620Mhz Altitude Clock / 62C Temperature
• Ryzen 9 9900X (160W PPT) – 5555Mhz Altitude Clock / 58C Temperature
• Ryzen 9 9950X (120W PPT) – 5220 MHz altitude clock / 55C temperature
• Ryzen 9 9950X (90W PPT) – 5050Mhz Altitude Clock / 49C Temperature
• Ryzen 9 9950X (60W PPT) – 4084Mhz Altitude Clock/41C Temperature

It should be discussed that those effects were accomplished with the use of a water-cooling setup. AMD officially recommends AIOs with its Ryzen 9 9000 CPUs like the 9950X and 9900X and we mentioned earlier that the Ryzen 9000 chips will run slightly cooler than the Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” CPUs. The cooling seems optimized and really strong as keeping a chip safe below 90C at a 320W TDP is a remarkable feat in itself.

With unlimited PPT, the CPU reaches a maximum temperature of 80C era, reaching 5621 MHz at height and an average frequency of 5378 MHz. With a steady 253W PPT overclock, the CPU hits an average 61C peak temperature at 5.5GHz across all cores.

As you’d probably expect, the 253W PPT and 5.5 GHz overclock was just as fast as the unlimited PPT configuration because all the cores were running strong at the higher frequency and they had enough thermal space to work during unlimited PPT. One time not only consumed excess energy but also ran very hot.

Thus, the overall efficiency of the CPUs saw a 40% increase compared to the Core i9-14900K and a 38% increase compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X at their stored configurations. The efficiency corresponding to energy scaling beyond 230W is minimal and if you are aiming for maximum productive efficiency or if you want to get that remaining 5%, it is better to stick with the 230W PPT, followed by 5.5 overall. Go for GHz overclock. The core excellent should be abundant in return for the infinite PPT.

AMD has been important in the potency race with its strong Zen portfolio within releases time after time and the same seems to be true for the next generation lineup. We’re fast approaching the debut of the AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” desktop CPU, which is expected to hit retail markets this week and we can expect many more tests and reviews in the coming weeks.