AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Ryzen 9000
Sixteen Zen 5 cores without the extra cache: among the fastest desktop chips for rendering, encoding and compiling, but behind every X3D chip in games. A workstation pick for people who mostly render or compile; if you game as much as you work, the 9950X3D costs a little more and closes that gap. Needs strong cooling under all-core load.
Against the line-up
Geekbench 6 CPU
Geekbench 6 CPU
Cinebench 2024
Counter-Strike 2
Cyberpunk 2077
Blender Benchmark
The whole Processors line-up side by side, with prices
Every benchmark
Quoted from the publications that ran them; we don't test hardware ourselves. Figures from different publications were run on different systems and scenes, so compare within a row's source.
Cyberpunk 2077
| Setting | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High |
151fps | Gamers Nexus, Aug 17, 2026 GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, DDR5-6000 CL30 Phantom Liberty test scene; GN CPU mega chart |
| 1080p Ultra |
108fps | Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026 GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition |
Counter-Strike 2
| Setting | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p Ultra |
675fps | Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026 GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition |
Blender Benchmark
| Setting | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Standard run |
625samples/min | Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026 Median of 624 user CPU results, Blender 4.5.0 |
Geekbench 6 CPU
| Setting | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-core |
25,768points | Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026 Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026 |
| Single-core |
3,048points | Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026 Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026 |
Cinebench 2024
| Setting | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-core |
2,344points | Tom's Hardware, Apr 21, 2026 |
Sources
- Blender Open Data (results database)
- Gamers Nexus (review)
- Geekbench Browser (results database)
- Tom's Hardware (review)
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