AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Review: Zen 5 at Full Power – by Tom's Hardware
Reasons To Buy
- ✓ Leading multi-thread performance
- ✓ Strong single-threaded performance
- ✓ Native AVX-512 support
- ✓ Leverages AM5 motherboards, backward compatible
- ✓ Overclockable
Reasons To Avoid
- ✗ Core parking and thread targeting issues
- ✗ Pricing
- ✗ Gaming performance isn't as competitive as other chips
- ✗ Slim generational gains in some workloads