For the eagle-eyed among us, there’s a bounty of deals for the taking ahead of Prime Day. Just take Ryzen 9 9950X3D, the most-powerful consumer processor on the planet, already at its most affordable ahead of the feast of savings to come.
Ryzen 9 9950X3D
“For those seeking the very best processing power on the market, look no further than Ryzen 9 9950X3D.” Read our review.
On Amazon US, you can grab Ryzen 9 9950X3D for $669.99. The storefront doesn’t highlight this, but that accounts for a 4% ($29.01) saving relative to the processor’s MSRP. Meanwhile, the CPU will set you back £626.84 on Amazon UK, netting you a tidy 5% (£30.01) saving.
Easily the crème de la crème of AMD’s current generation offerings, Ryzen 9 9950X3D combines the best of the Zen 5 architecture with advancements in 3D V-Cache. In terms of specs, this leaves you with 16 cores and 32 threads clocked at 5.7GHz out of the box, combined with a large 128MB pool of L3 cache.
This is as close as you can hope for a do-it-all processor. Ryzen 9 9950X3D shines brightest as a workstation CPU but it’s generally just as good at gaming as Ryzen 7 9800X3D. In fact, turn off one CCD (Core Complex Die) and you have a 9800X3D in your system with the added bonus of higher clocks.
Consider the benchmarks above, in which Ryzen 9 9950X3D dominates both single core and multi core scores in Cinebench 2024 against its closest relatives. In games like Mount & Blade II, the processor’s combination of ample cores and cache sees it charge ahead while the CPU holds its own elsewhere.
All this power requires a decent amount of cooling. I suggest reading Parm’s guide on what size radiator is best for Ryzen 9 9950X if you’re in need of recommendations. After all, it’d be a terrible shame to have all that performance in your system only for thermals to curb it.
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