AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Best AMD CPU for Gaming right now, plus content creation beast, with PciExpress 4.0 support.

Great Chip does not boost as expected.

I upgraded from a 7700K. The last of intel’s “we have no competition, therefore we are going to remain complacent” processors. I bought this after the launch of the 5800X3D and chose it, because I have a GPU bottleneck and could probably use the extra cores going into the future. The 12900K absolutely has better single core performance, but the two things that made me choose 5950X, the fact that I fell victim to intel’s complacency. Second, the longevity and performance gains of the AM4 socket from Ryzen 1XXX to Ryzen 5XXX. I’m running this alongside a 3080Ti in a meshlicious package and I couldn’t be happier.

Better all-core clocks than my 3950Xs. Better IPC. Better math performance. Runs hotter than the 3950X at the same loading. Very satisfied. Only my Epyc cpus are better bang for the buck.

This CPU is really fast - fastest available right now. It is nice to have 16 actual computing cores as more and more applications are taking advantage of multiple cores. Power consumption is quite low, about 150W at maximum load. And CPU temps never go above 70C (with 25C ambient) even under full stress load with water cooling (ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280). Since there is very little heat to dissipate the fans are barely spinning and PC stays cool and quiet. This is my first AMD build in 20 years - and I could not be happier. This is a true Next Generation CPU, which makes PC exciting again.

So I have both the 11900k and a 12900k, the 12900k is faster for ram speed but has issues when populating all 4 slots. I have this cpu and the 11900k with the same Kingston fury 128GB 3200 ram kit. When dealing with databases they perform almost the same. During heavy loads the 5950X barely beats it out.

Used to build Intel based HEDTs, but switched to AMD with the 1st gen Ryzen Threadrippers. AMD changed the game and gave us more cores when Intel kept to 4 and over charged and just has been giving us the perf gains per gen that we used to expect. This is my 4th AMD build using Ryzen, I can’t justify Intel in builds given the AMD lineup. This thing is a beast, and can’t believe AMD has done a 16 core CPU that isn’t Threadripper for consumers. This thing is overkill and the price shows AMD has recognized its market position so value isn’t as great as with the 1st gen Ryzens, but more than happy to let AMD enjoy the price premium for ushering in the true high multi core count era. And finally injecting competition into the x86 market again.

Didnt open the box because the chip label differs from the box label. Returning.

Intel is still giving us 8 cores and you know you need to buy a separate CPU

After almost 15 years with only Intel, I moved to this beast and it is stunning.