AMD has delayed the release of the Ryzen 9000 series because of unspecified production problems. They intend to retrieve units already shipped to distributors and replace them with updated versions. It is not known if these problems impact performance or if they also affect earlier versions like engineering samples, which are typically used by motherboard manufacturers and overclockers.
The Ryzen 9 9950X is a 16-core Zen5 processor that can reach a maximum boost speed of 5.7 GHz and has a default TDP of 170W, which is the highest among all Granite Ridge models. It is unknown to what extent this power setting has been raised in the case of the subsequent sample.
At least one engineering sample is showing strong performance in Geekbench charts. An overclocked 9950X sample reached 5953 MHz, earning scores of 3700 points in single-core and 26000 in multi-core tests. These scores are significantly higher than those previously recorded.
It’s important to mention that AMD has managed to overclock the processor to 6.6 and even 6.7 GHz. However, this was achieved using liquid nitrogen, a method that is neither affordable nor accessible to most people. Furthermore, these tests were conducted with Cinebench, not Geekbench.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X is scheduled for release on August 15th, but the pricing has not yet been announced.
Via HXL