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Video Index
00:00 - Welcome to Hardware Unboxed
01:00 - Zen 5 continues to disappoint
02:42 - CPU Specs
03:59 - Test System Specs
04:08 - Cinebench
04:47 - Cinebench Power Usage [EPS12V Rails]
05:14 - 7Zip File Manager [Compression]
05:27 - 7Zip File Manager [Decompression]
05:37 - Blender Open Data
05:57 - Corona Benchmark
06:17 - Adobe Photoshop
06:34 - Adobe Premiere Pro
06:54 - Baldur’s Gate 3
07:26 - The Last of Us Part I
07:50 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
08:07 - Hogwarts Legacy
08:20 - Assetto Corsa Competizione
08:37 - Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
08:55 - Homeworld 3
09:03 - A Plague Tale Requiem
09:12 - Counter-Strike 2
09:29 - Starfield
09:42 - Horizon Forbidden West
09:57 - Hitman 3
10:07 - Watch Dogs Legion
10:16 - 13 Game Average
10:36 - Cinebench [PBO]
11:23 - Cinebench Power [PBO]
11:40 - Starfield [PBO]
11:48 - Hitman 3 [PBO]
11:54 - Horizon Forbidden West [PBO]
12:09 - Cost Per Frame [CPU Only]
12:29 - Cost Per Frame [CPU+RAM+MOBO]
12:43 - Conclusion
15:18 - The Gains We Got With Zen 4…
16:32 - Final Thoughts

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Review

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[Hardwareunboxed]

Please note a small mistake in the specs table, the base clocks are switched around, the audio is correct here. The 7950X has the 4.5 GHz base and 4.3 GHz for the 9950X. That is all, as you were. Also thanks for watching :)

[abenormal]

AMD achieved 20% increase in naming versus previous generation. Marketing team just misspelled it to gaming.

[dubesor]

As a 7950X3D owner I am glad you included the CPU in your charts. For whatever reasons many outlets completely ignore the 7950X3D, which is a shame.

[rustler]

Normally people won't stand for this, but Steve won't sit for this.

[alive]

Steve opened a big precedent recently, standing when the product sucks. At this rate this man is never gonna sit again in his life.

[Shahzad]

It's not even 5% difference to call it zen 5%😭

[Thedevans]

Zen 5% might have been ambitious. Zen 3% sounds more accurate.

[thetg]

JFC, AMD is making me not want to wait for 9800x3d. Starting to look like the 7800x3d is gonna be the next 1080ti. Undefeated til retirement.

[filip]

If Steve will continue to stand in CPU videos, we're all screwed.

[mahouaniki]

All the work just to promote old 7800x3D.

[bb]

Zen 5 is giving so much intel 11th gen vibes.

[silvio]

Marketing Heads at AMD, they all need to be FIRED.

[geht-dichnix-an]

And even when it beats the 7950X the 1% lows are, well, lower? What an odd architecture.

[asdprogram]

intel is in hot water and amd decided to scam buyers lol

[shadowlemon]

I think this is the AMD Ryzen 14th Gen Edition

[StRM]

Friendship ended with Lisa Su. Now Kim Jung Un is my best friend.

[Toyeboy]

AMD had a chance to really stick it to Intel when they're down and has failed miserably.

[earllemongrab]

Please let Steve be sitting,
Please let Steve be sitting,
Please let St... bummer.

[DragonBane]

16:35

JayzTwoCents fairly recently made a video talking about the dual CCDs and the core parking issues you described here, and its not entirely true that you need to reinstall windows. He used Revo Uninstaller to completely wipe the AMD Chipset driver and reinstalled it, and everything worked fine for him. I'm assuming that is a decent way to get the dual CCD chips to work on windows without a fresh install, though its not a bad idea to have a fresh install regardless.

[robinrufino]

It is very hard to believe that these processors are so bad, deep down we want it to be a problem with a driver or something, hopefully amd will do something and fast with these processors.