AMD Ryzen 9 9950X - Windows 23H2 Vs 24H2 TESTED!

We finally got our hands on a 9950X to test, but we're a little late to the party on this one, so today we are going to take a bit of a different approach to this review. What we want to find out is how the 24H2 update really affects performance, and what better way to test than to use the best of the best? So that's exactly what we are going to do, we've tested the 9950X in both the 23H2 and 24H2 versions of windows to see what kind of uplift this gives you, and how this makes it compare to other CPUs while we're at it.

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00:00 Introduction
00:34 Sponsor
01:12 Version 24H2
02:39 How We Test
04:15 3DMark Timespy
04:52 Blender
05:21 Corona
05:40 V-Ray
05:55 Cinebench
06:12 Geekbench
06:33 A Plague Tale Requiem
07:40 Cyberpunk 2077
08:18 Cyberpunk 2077 RT
08:58 F1 23
09:52 Hogwarts Legacy
10:59 Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
11:52 Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered RT
12:34 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
13:19 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart RT
13:57 Remnant II
14:42 Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
15:27 Starfield
16:18 Performance Analysis
16:44 Cost Per Frame
18:06 Final Thoughts
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[eTeknix]

Our charts have a small typo with the Ryzen 9 9950x where we’ve got it as a Ryzen 7. We are working to fix this issue is YouTube allows.

[Unprotected]

When comparing Windows versions, don't forget to include Windows 10 in the benchmarking.

[Lennox]

Don't you need to disable core isolation?

[joelschwartz]

why would you only test the 9950x with the new version of windows since the data isn't comparable to the other ryzen cpu's when they are running the older build of windows

[arcta]

I have a 9900X and it ran like an absolute turd on 23H2, so I just wiped it and installed 10. Instant 20-30% performance buff. In CP2077 at the 1440p gaming settings I run with RT on I gained 17fps.

[eliascence]

I am just glad I formatted Windows 11 and went back to Windows 10.

[PowellCat]

What I’m going to say to reviewers is if you use the 7200 CL34 or 7600 CL36 RAM kits for LGA1700, it’s only fair to use 6000 CL28 on AM5. Otherwise you’re artificially creating an advantage for Intel.

[KiltedCritic]

I would say the only thing that should have also been considered is how performance of the 7950X changed with 24H2.

[theflower]

9950X is Ryzen 9, not Ryzen 7. Just a heads up.

[frankwong]

I am happy with my 7950x, the launch benchmark looks doesnt worth upgrade, not sure how new windows help both 7950 and 9950

But likely i can skip this generation ?

[Markknightexeter]

The thing is they weren't made as gaming CPU's, AMD even said they weren't going to perform aswell as the X3d chips.

[nelsonmejiaslozada]

Are you sure that the Ryzen 9 7900x is the second faster?

[Jayy_R]

It’s not just AMD but on my 12600k same issue performance dropped on some games

[ShaighJosephson]

Test it on Linux to see how Microsoft is throttling AMD to help Intel... 💥

[dangir]

this channel looks like a clone of hardware unoboxed from copied all the studio the way of speaking the graphs

[airzerohd]

I'm running CL32 6400mhz on ryzen 9 9950x😮

[abaj]

Just go back to Windows 10, or switch to Linux.

[sstier]

something's wrong with your testing in plague tale. 7800x3d shouldn't be in the middle of the pack

[yzunigasa]

14900k 35k in cinebench r23? Stop showing wrong numbers, my 14700k does 35.3 on stock frequency. The 14900k does 42k.

[CodeStonksfn]

Did you make sure you didn’t install the MS branch prediction update for 23H2? Because if you did your results are pretty useless.