AMD continues to work on Zen 5, its next CPU architecture, which will be used to design new processors for both the consumer and professional markets. Within the mainstream consumer market, the flagship will be the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, a very powerful model that will basically keep the 16-core and 32-thread configuration, but offer a significant improvement in the performance of a single conductor.

According to the latest information, the difference in single thread performance between Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 7950X in Cinebench R24 is 36%. It is important to pay attention this difference could change in other specific testsbut it’s enough to give us an idea that AMD’s new generation could mean a very big leap over the current generation.

This means that Ryzen 9 9950X core is 36% faster than Ryzen 9 7950X core in Cinebench R24. When we use only one core, the processor’s turbo mode scales to much higher frequencies than when we use all its cores, and in this case the working speed usually has a greater effect on the final result.

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When using more cores the exact opposite happens, because turbo mode scales in a less aggressive way by having a higher degree of CPU usage. This is completely normal and occurs with all current processors that use dynamic frequency scaling based on workload.

Another interesting thing that the latest leaks leave us with is that it could be the Ryzen 9 9950X the first AMD processor to reach 6.1 GHz home frequency, i.e. without the need for overclocking. Compared to the Ryzen 9 7950X, the improvement would be 400 MHz, as it is able to reach 5.7 GHz in turbo mode with the core active.

This also tells us something very interesting, which is that the performance improvement achieved through operating frequencies will not be as large as it was when going from Zen 3 to Zen 4, and that most of the performance gain we will have will be with Zen 5 compared with the current generation inwill come from changes at the microarchitecture level, which will shape a much higher CPI.

Zen 5 processors They will be compatible with AM5 motherboards Current models equipped with 600-series chipsets, though, will need to install a BIOS update, and models with more limited VRM may struggle to optimally move more powerful and power-hungry processors.

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