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

This is an absolute beast of a CPU. 16 cores, 32 threads and out of the box Im seeing all-core frequencies of 4.4ghz and single-core boosts of 5.0ghz during gaming (Metro: Exodus @ 4k Ultra settings w/RTX on a 3080 12GB). Absolutely smashes anything in front of it. Cinebench cowers in front of the might of all 32 threads shredding at over 4.4ghz. During normal use, with a 280MM AIO normal temps are around 40c idle and 65-70c under load. Synthetic stress tests with all threads at 100% usage will get the temp up to 83-85c, but even then frequencies stay high. Zero complaints so far about this processor, the only issues Ive seen are with some of the BIOS updates and AGESA code updates so if you buy it check with your motherboard support page to make sure of the BIOS of your board.

I use this CPU for video and astro imaging. It easily overclocked to 4.5ghz and blazes thru my huge amounts of data. I built a system with fast memory and NVMe 4.0 SSDs to compliment the CPU. In projects that used to take 6 hours to render, now take 40 minutes. And, I hear Zen 4 and 5 will blow this CPU out of the water. Good times ahead.

Nice and fast. Works great

System: MSI Tomahawk B550 MB, 128 GB RAM, 2TB NVME SSD workstation - not a gaming rig. Unexpectedly required BIOS update to be happy with the RAM (May 2021) but afterwards runs smoothly. Overclocked CPU and RAM using MSI standard options. System has been chugging away on a CPU-heavy data analysis exercise for more than two days straight, running at <80C with an air-cooled system. Runs circles around an equivalently specd five-year-old XEON server-class machine (20 cores, 40 threads, 128 GB RAM) at my office.

I love this cpu I got all the cores clocked at 4.6ghz runs amazing!

Aside from spending months to find it, and paying above MSRP to even get it, no complaints. This thing is FAST.

Excelente producto!!!!

My current PC came with a 12-core AMD 3900X with a base speed of 3.8 GHz and max clock speed of 4.6 GHz. This new 5950X has a base clock speed of 3.4 GHZ and max rated speed of 4.9 GHz.

Id have rathered _not_ to have paid more than thirteen-hundred bucks (w shipping, taxes) for this back in April, but I was sick and tired of my ancient Intel four core CPU, and was sick and tired of waiting.

Less power requirements than 7950x but more efficient than 3950x with supported of current x590 motherboards and relatively matured ddr4 memory. Do you need more than that?