A new leak showcases an unofficial sample of the Ryzen 9 9950X. Although AMD has partially released some architectural details, they still restrict reviewers and testers from publishing their results. However, AnandTech forum user “Igor_Kavinski,” who isn’t bound by these NDAs, continues to share his findings based on testing an engineering sample.
Previously, this user shared an overview of the Ryzen 9 9950X’s performance in Blender using different power profiles. Given that AMD highlighted the 9950X’s overclocking abilities during Zen5 Tech Day, this might have prompted Igor to retest his sample with the same benchmark. Cinebench remains a favorite benchmark among CPU manufacturers and enthusiasts due to its ease of use and free availability.
Igor tested his engineering sample across 10 different power profiles (PPT – Package Power Tracking), ranging from 40W to what appears to be unlimited power. The unlimited setting enabled the CPU to reach 309W. While this may seem high, it’s worth noting that the Core i9-14900KS Extreme Power Profile sets PL1 and PL2 to 320W, meaning Igor’s sample still consumes less power.
The unlimited power profile allowed the clock speed to peak at 5.5 GHz, 100 MHz higher than the 253W PPT setting. The Ryzen 9 9950X scored 48,011 points in the Cinebench R23 multi-core test, outperforming the Core i9-14900KS by 12.49% in the Extreme profile and by 16.3% in the Performance profile.
Via Wccftech
