AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X processor has already demonstrated impressive performance in its early development Compared to Intel's Core i9-14900KSthanks to leaked Cinebench R23 benchmark results that already reveal an incredible 48,011 for multi-threaded performance.
But this is just the beginning, as Bilibili Tech Influencer Ordinary Uncle Tony It demonstrated just how far the processor can be pushed when overclocked to a staggering 6.5GHz. The multi-threaded score in the previous Cinebench R23 benchmark was 50,843, achieved by a Ryzen 9 7950X, but the Ryzen 9 9950X surpasses that score with a score of 55,327 points.
During the live event (called China Joy) streamed in China, Tony first warmed up the processor with a clock speed of 5.0 GHz, which gave him a score of 42,689 points. A clock speed of 6.0 GHz gave him 51,204 points (which already surpasses the previous world record) and then he finally overclocked it up to 6.5 GHz to get the current result. And the most impressive thing is that this is just the beginning, as it is very likely that others will surpass even this incredible performance feat.
Intel is in trouble, but is AMD too?
Even in their engineering samples, Team Red's Ryzen 9 9950X processor comfortably outperformed Team Blue's Core i9-14900KS in Cinebench R23 performance resultsOne such example is the 9950X, which managed a score of 48,011 in the Cinebench R23 multi-threaded test, which is 12.5% faster than a Core i9-14900KS in the same test, which scored 42,678. Running the test at the lowest power setting of 160W, it scored 42,336. At 200W, it outperformed Intel’s flagship with a score of 44,782.
AMD's next processor is going to be a real beast, and normally we'd be eagerly awaiting reviews. Release around July 31stwhen it was initially scheduled to launch. However, as is usual in the tech industry, there have been many delays caused by completely avoidable and ridiculous reasons.
It was first revealed that the Ryzen 9 9950X had to be delayed until the end of August due to an unspecified issue with processor quality that was discovered in the final hours of Team Red's packaging testing process. This includes units that had already been shipped to retailers and then had to be recalled.
Worse still, this massive delay of Ryzen 9000 processors could be caused by a simple typoInstead of a Ryzen 7 9700X processor, AMD has apparently mislabeled it as the Ryzen 9 9700X on the chip itself. Ryzen 5 9600X chips have also been stamped as 'Ryzen 9' models, which is even worse since the Ryzen 9 label is reserved for Zen 5 chips only.
Judging by the performance results, it doesn't look like Team Blue will be competing with Team Red in the near future. Team Red is clearly its own worst enemy. Hopefully, it will be able to recover from this mistake soon, although it will obviously hurt the tech giant anyway.
