AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X: Zen 3 Based Processors Breaks the 5 GHz Barrier
With Ryzen 5000 series, now we can finally say that AMD has fully knocked out Intel’s performance dominance in desktop CPUs. AMD’s new flagship Ryzen 9 5950X boasting 16 cores and 32 threads with the powerful AMD’s new Zen 3 architecture has expanded the dominating lead in productivity applications and defeated Intel’s competing CPUs in nearly every metric, including performance, power consumption, and thermals and also 1080p gaming performance. In the sample test, the 5950X even breaks the 5 GHz barrier at stock settings, surpassing its specifications and making it a top-of-the-line CPU in our best CPU list.
However, Ryzen 9 5950X is just the tip of Zen 3 CPU, there is also $549 Ryzen 9 5900X packed with 12 cores and 24 threads. Apart from its blistering performance in application, the 5900X is even faster than 5950X in gaming and knocking out Intel’s overclocked lineups at 1080p as well.
The Ryzen 5000 series processors have changed the game entirely. The chip comes with the refined 7nm process which is found in XT processors but this time AMD has paired the node with redesigned Zen core microarchitecture. AMD claims that the new Zen 3 microarchitecture could provide an average of 19% uplift in IPC throughput, vanishing the last remnant of Intel’s performance advantage while delivering a new level of power efficacy.
According to the test, the Ryzen 5000 processors beat Intel in nearly every metric included in 1080p gaming. And also by rolling out the new Smart Memory Access feature AMD is holding its position as the only CPU maker that also makes discrete GPUs. This new feature offers a gaming performance boost by improving data transfer performance between the CPU and GPU. However, it only works when the PC equips Radeon RX 6000 graphics card, Ryzen 5000 processor, and a 500-series motherboard.
Now Ryzen 5000 has finally established AMD is the performance leader, the company hiked up the prices by $50 across its entire lineups and a noticeable gap of $150 step up the pricing ladder to go above the entry-level 6core/12thread to 16 cores 32 threads. Along with the price hikes, AMD uplifts its Precision Boost clock rates across the board with a peak of 4.9 GHz for the Ryzen 9 5950X. However, it can be stretched beyond the touted speed when it’s paired up with a quality cooler and a motherboard with robust power circuitry. In fact in the test, the Ryzen 9 5950X peaked at 5 GHz at stock settings, albeit sporadically, and reached up to 5.125 GHz when engaged with the auto-overclocking Precision Boost Overdrive feature.
Well AMD has increased the boost clock speed but also reduced base frequencies in contrast with the previous-gen processors. AMD says that if the chip is utilized with an adequate cooler it will rarely drop the base frequency, which is also confirmed in the test.
According to AMD, these chipsets are the world’s most powerful gaming CPU in the market. However, Intel is also preparing to give a tough competition with its upcoming Rocket Lake desktop processors but this chip won’t be land until next year which means AMD could reside at the top of the desktop PC game for at least a year.
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