AMD’s team of in-house overclockers has overclocked the new flagship Ryzen 9 9950X processor on the Zen 5 architecture to 6.6 GHz. As part of the experiment, the new chip also set several records in various performance tests for 16-core processors – previously, the first was the Ryzen 9 7950X.
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The experiment was performed on the ASUS X670E ROG Crosshair Gene motherboard, designed for enthusiasts and equipped with two DIMM DDR5 slots. Liquid nitrogen was used for extreme overclocking of the chip. The proprietary AMD Ryzen Master program was used to record the indicators, as well as a special monitoring program developed by Asus.
After overclocking, the Ryzen 9 9950X processor scored just over 55,000 points in the Cinebench R23 multi-threaded test, breaking the previous record of the Ryzen 9 7950X, which was 50,843 points. The chip’s power consumption during the measurements reached 653 W. The processor temperature was about -90 °C.
The processor set a record for multi-threaded performance in the test at 6.4 GHz. However, as noted in the video about this experiment published by the GamersNexus YouTube channel, under certain conditions the chip can also operate at frequencies of 6.6–6.7 GHz.
Ryzen 9 9950X results in Cinebench R23 multi-threaded test:
Base configuration, no overclocking — 41,924 points; PBO + EXPO — 43,905 points (+4.7%); With the new Curve Shaper function — 45,303 points (+8.0%); Liquid nitrogen — 53,557 points (+27.7%); Liquid nitrogen (world record) — 55,296 points (+31.9%).
According to AMD, the Ryzen 9 9950X can achieve a Cinebench R23 score of 41,924 points with its default settings. When using the Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) automatic overclocking feature in combination with AMD EXPO RAM overclocking profiles, the performance in the same test increases by 4.7%. When using the Curve Shaper overclocking feature, you can expect an 8% increase in performance. A further increase in performance of up to 31.9% can be achieved by using liquid nitrogen to cool the processor.
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