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The Ryzen 9 9950X is AMD's top mainstream desktop CPU on the AM5 socket: 16 Zen 5 cores, 32 threads, a 170W default power limit and an unlocked multiplier. It is the fastest all-round chip for heavy multithreaded work such as rendering, compiling and encoding, while its single-core speed also holds up in games. Against Intel's Core i9 it trades blows in gaming and wins on multithreaded efficiency and platform longevity; against AMD's own 7950X it is a modest step up in performance and a bigger one in power efficiency. It suits people who do serious CPU work and want one chip that also games well.
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Lowest price we've seen: $496.61 on Nov 9 at Newegg. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 9.
Reviewers rate the 9950X as the fastest mainstream desktop chip for multithreaded work and a strong all-rounder, but note that its gaming lead over the previous generation is small and that it runs hot under full load.
