The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is a desktop processor with 16 cores, launched in November 2020. It is part of the Ryzen 9 lineup, using the Zen 3 (Vermeer) architecture with Socket AM4. Thanks to AMD Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) the core-count is effectively doubled, to 32 threads. Ryzen 9 5950X has 64MB of L3 cache and operates at 3.4 GHz by default, but can boost up to 4.9 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the Ryzen 9 5950X on a 7 nm production node, the transistor count is unknown. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of TSMC. You may freely adjust the unlocked multiplier on Ryzen 9 5950X, which simplifies overclocking greatly, as you can easily dial in any overclocking frequency.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Ryzen 9 5950X, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications. Besides AVX, AMD is including the newer AVX2 standard, too, but not AVX-512.
Socket: | AMD Socket AM4 |
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Foundry: | TSMC |
Process Size: | 7 nm |
Transistors: | unknown |
Die Size: | unknown |
Package: | |
tCaseMax: | 95°C |
Performance
Frequency: | 3.4 GHz |
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Turbo Clock: | up to 4.9 GHz |
Base Clock: | 100 MHz |
Multiplier: | 34.0x |
Multiplier Unlocked: | Yes |
TDP: | 105 W |
Architecture
Market: | Desktop |
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Production Status: | Active |
Release Date: | Nov 5th, 2020 |
Codename: | Vermeer |
Generation: | Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer)) |
Part#: | 100-000000059 |
Memory Support: | DDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel |
ECC Memory: | No |
PCI-Express: | Gen 4 |
Cores
# of Cores: | 16 |
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# of Threads: | 32 |
SMP # CPUs: | 1 |
Integrated Graphics: | N/A |
Cache
Cache L1: | 64K (per core) |
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Cache L2: | 512K (per core) |
Cache L3: | 64MB |
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