AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Pre-Launch Sample Overclocked at 6 GHz

Despite the postponement of the Ryzen 9000 launch announced by AMD on Wednesday, early engineering samples used by motherboard makers reached some users (mainly overclockers). As it is the case with a pre-launch sample of AMD’s flagship Ryzen 9 9950X. This CPU is equipped with 16 cores, 32 threads, a base clock frequency of 4.3 GHz with a 5.7 GHz max boost, 80 MB cache (64 MB L3 + 16 MB L2), and a TDP of 170 W.

A user overclocked the 9950X sample to 5.953 GHz using an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E motherboard equipped with 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory. (Note: There’s no information on whether air or water cooling was used.) The user then posted new results in Geekbench 5 and Geekbench 6, which demonstrate impressive performance gains for the 9950X. It’s worth noting that AMD also overclocked the processor to 6.6 and even 6.7 GHz, however, they used liquid nitrogen.

GeekBench 5 scores

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Zen 5 processor, running at 6.0 GHz, achieved 2795 points for single-core and 30050 points for multi-core performance. These results represent improvements of 10% in single-core and 13% in multi-core performance compared to the CPU’s stock configuration. When measured against the non-overclocked Intel Core i9-14900K, the overclocked Ryzen 9 9950X demonstrated a 12% advantage in single-core performance and a 16% lead in multi-core performance.

GeekBench 6 scores

The processor achieved Geekbench 6 scores of 3706 points in single-core and 26047 points in multi-core tests. These results show a 10% improvement in single-core and a 20% boost in multi-core performance over its stock configuration. When compared to the non-overclocked Intel Core i9-14900KS, this chip outperforms it by 16% in single-core and 19% in multi-core benchmarks.