AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor 4.3 GHz 80 MB L2 & L3 Box

£531.90 £443.25
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, AM5, 4.3GHz, Up to 5.7GHz, 16 CPU Cores, 32 Threads, 170W TDP

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Processor socket Socket AM5
Box Yes
Processor cores 16
Processor family AMD Ryzen 9
SKU 100-100001277WOF
EAN 0730143315272
Manufacturer AMD
Availability Y
Product Family Ryzen
Product Series 9

Description

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core AM5 Processor

Key Features
16 Cores & 32 Threads
4.3 GHz Base Clock
5.7 GHz Max Boost Clock
Socket AM5
16MB L2 & 64MB L3 Cache
DDR5-5600 ECC Memory
Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics
Unlocked Processor
Supports PCIe 5.0 x16
Zen 5 Architecture

Take your computing experiences to a new level with the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core AM5 Processor. Featuring 16 cores and 32 threads with 64MB of L3 Cache, this desktop processor quickly loads and multitasks demanding applications.

Designed for socket AM5 motherboards using the powerful Zen 5 4nm architecture, this Ryzen processor offers exceptional performance. With a base clock speed of 4.3 GHz and a max boost clock speed of 5.7 GHz, the Ryzen 9 9950X delivers the power needed to smoothly handle tasks ranging from content creation to immersive gaming experiences. You can boost performance further by overclocking this unlocked processor. Other features include support for PCIe Gen 5 technology and 5600 MHz ECC DDR5 RAM with compatible motherboards.

This processor has a 170W TDP (Thermal Design Power) and does not include a cooling solution. Integrated Radeon Graphics delivers rich visuals.

Precision Boost 2
AMD Ryzen processors monitor the system's energy consumption, temperatures, and other factors to automatically raise clock speeds, allowing applications to perform faster.

Precision Boost Overdrive
Precision Boost Overdrive technology takes advantage of your compatible motherboard's design to boost clock speeds higher and for longer periods of time. It also allows you overclock the processor at the touch of a button.

AMD Ryzen Master Utility
Personalized Performance
The AMD Ryzen Master Utility provides you with multiple custom profiles to store CPU, GPU, and DDR4 memory configurations. Use it to configure performance parameters for the active cores and adjust memory times. You can also optimize general performance or fine tune your favorite applications.

System Monitoring
Monitor your system in real-time using the AMD Ryzen Master Utility, which features a histogram of per-core clock rates and temperature, including average and peak readings.

Specifications

General

CPU Model
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CPU Socket
AM5

Manufacturing Process
4 nm

Maximum CPU Configuration
1S

Maximum Number of PCIe Lanes
28 (Revision 5.0)

Unlocked
Yes

Performance

Number of Cores
16

Number of Threads
32

Base Clock Speed
4.3 GHz

Maximum Boost Speed
5.7 GHz

L3 Cache
64 MB

Memory Support

Maximum Capacity
192 GB

Memory Support
DDR5 Up to 5600 MHz

ECC Memory
Yes

Channel Architecture
Dual Channel

Power

Thermal Design Power (TDP, Max)
170 W

Included Thermal Solution
No

Maximum Temperature
203°F / 95°C

Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Yes

Technology

AES Support
Yes

Extension
AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, FMA3, SSE 4.1/4.2

Instruction Set
64-Bit

Virtualization
Yes: AMD-V

Performance Technologies
Precision Boost 2

Integrated Graphics
AMD Radeon

Output Support
DisplayPort, HDMI

Base Clock Speed
2200 MHz

Warranty
Limited 3-Year Manufacturer Warranty

Specifications

Processor
Processor generationAMD Ryzen 9000 Series
Processor base frequency4.3 GHz
Processor manufacturerAMD
Cooler includedNo
Thermal Design Power (TDP)170 W
Processor cache80 MB
Processor model9950X
Processor threads32
Processor operating modes64-bit
Processor boost frequency5.7 GHz
Processor lithography4 nm
Processor familyAMD Ryzen™ 9
Processor cores16
BoxYes
Processor socketSocket AM5
Processor cache typeL2 & L3
Memory
Maximum internal memory supported by processor192 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR5-SDRAM
Memory clock speeds supported by processor3600,5600 MHz
Memory channelsDual-channel
ECCYes
Non-ECCYes
Graphics
Discrete graphics cardNo
On-board graphics card modelAMD Radeon
On-board graphics cardYes
On-board graphics card base frequency2200 MHz
Discrete graphics card modelNot available
Power
Thermal Design Power (TDP)170 W
Technical details
PCI Express slots version5.0
Supported instruction setsAES, AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSSE3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)170 W
Processor cache typeL2 & L3
Features
Thermal Design Power (TDP)170 W
PCI Express slots version5.0
Supported instruction setsAES, AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSSE3

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SKU
100-100001277WOF
CD8069504394102
CD8069504382100
100-000000329
CM8070804494716
CM8070804494617
Description
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core AM5 Processor

Key Features
16 Cores & 32 Threads
4.3 GHz Base Clock
5.7 GHz Max Boost Clock
Socket AM5
16MB L2 & 64MB L3 Cache
DDR5-5600 ECC Memory
Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics
Unlocked Processor
Supports PCIe 5.0 x16
Zen 5 Architecture

Take your computing experiences to a new level with the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 16-Core AM5 Processor. Featuring 16 cores and 32 threads with 64MB of L3 Cache, this desktop processor quickly loads and multitasks demanding applications.

Designed for socket AM5 motherboards using the powerful Zen 5 4nm architecture, this Ryzen processor offers exceptional performance. With a base clock speed of 4.3 GHz and a max boost clock speed of 5.7 GHz, the Ryzen 9 9950X delivers the power needed to smoothly handle tasks ranging from content creation to immersive gaming experiences. You can boost performance further by overclocking this unlocked processor. Other features include support for PCIe Gen 5 technology and 5600 MHz ECC DDR5 RAM with compatible motherboards.

This processor has a 170W TDP (Thermal Design Power) and does not include a cooling solution. Integrated Radeon Graphics delivers rich visuals.

Precision Boost 2
AMD Ryzen processors monitor the system's energy consumption, temperatures, and other factors to automatically raise clock speeds, allowing applications to perform faster.

Precision Boost Overdrive
Precision Boost Overdrive technology takes advantage of your compatible motherboard's design to boost clock speeds higher and for longer periods of time. It also allows you overclock the processor at the touch of a button.

AMD Ryzen Master Utility
Personalized Performance
The AMD Ryzen Master Utility provides you with multiple custom profiles to store CPU, GPU, and DDR4 memory configurations. Use it to configure performance parameters for the active cores and adjust memory times. You can also optimize general performance or fine tune your favorite applications.

System Monitoring
Monitor your system in real-time using the AMD Ryzen Master Utility, which features a histogram of per-core clock rates and temperature, including average and peak readings.

Specifications

General

CPU Model
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CPU Socket
AM5

Manufacturing Process
4 nm

Maximum CPU Configuration
1S

Maximum Number of PCIe Lanes
28 (Revision 5.0)

Unlocked
Yes

Performance

Number of Cores
16

Number of Threads
32

Base Clock Speed
4.3 GHz

Maximum Boost Speed
5.7 GHz

L3 Cache
64 MB

Memory Support

Maximum Capacity
192 GB

Memory Support
DDR5 Up to 5600 MHz

ECC Memory
Yes

Channel Architecture
Dual Channel

Power

Thermal Design Power (TDP, Max)
170 W

Included Thermal Solution
No

Maximum Temperature
203°F / 95°C

Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Yes

Technology

AES Support
Yes

Extension
AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, FMA3, SSE 4.1/4.2

Instruction Set
64-Bit

Virtualization
Yes: AMD-V

Performance Technologies
Precision Boost 2

Integrated Graphics
AMD Radeon

Output Support
DisplayPort, HDMI

Base Clock Speed
2200 MHz

Warranty
Limited 3-Year Manufacturer Warranty
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Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) provide applications the ability to create hardware enforced trusted execution protection for their applications’ sensitive routines and data. Intel® SGX provides developers a way to partition their code and data into CPU hardened trusted execution environments (TEE’s).

Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions are additional instructions which can increase performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These can include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions).

Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Thermal Monitoring Technologies protect the processor package and the system from thermal failure through several thermal management features. An on-die Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) detects the core's temperature, and the thermal management features reduce package power consumption and thereby temperature when required in order to remain within normal operating limits.

Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory Supported
Intel® Optane™ persistent memory is a revolutionary tier of non-volatile memory that sits between memory and storage to provide large, affordable memory capacity that is comparable to DRAM performance.  Delivering large system-level memory capacity when combined with traditional DRAM, Intel Optane persistent memory is helping transform critical memory constrained workloads – from cloud, databases, in-memory analytics, virtualization, and content delivery networks.

Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX) provides a set of hardware features that can be used by software in conjunction with compiler changes to check that memory references intended at compile time do not become unsafe at runtime due to buffer overflow or underflow.

Intel® Boot Guard
Intel® Device Protection Technology with Boot Guard helps protect the system’s pre-OS environment from viruses and malicious software attacks.

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel® TSX) are a set of instructions that add hardware transactional memory support to improve performance of multi-threaded software.
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology for safer computing is a versatile set of hardware extensions to Intel® processors and chipsets that enhance the digital office platform with security capabilities such as measured launch and protected execution. It enables an environment where applications can run within their own space, protected from all other software on the system.

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

Intel® 64
Intel® 64 architecture delivers 64-bit computing on server, workstation, desktop and mobile platforms when combined with supporting software.¹ Intel 64 architecture improves performance by allowing systems to address more than 4 GB of both virtual and physical memory.

Intel® Clear Video HD Technology
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, like its predecessor, Intel® Clear Video Technology, is a suite of image decode and processing technologies built into the integrated processor graphics that improve video playback, delivering cleaner, sharper images, more natural, accurate, and vivid colors, and a clear and stable video picture. Intel® Clear Video HD Technology adds video quality enhancements for richer color and more realistic skin tones.

Cache
CPU Cache is an area of fast memory located on the processor. Intel® Smart Cache refers to the architecture that allows all cores to dynamically share access to the last level cache.

Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) are a set of instructions that enable fast and secure data encryption and decryption. AES-NI are valuable for a wide range of cryptographic applications, for example: applications that perform bulk encryption/decryption, authentication, random number generation, and authenticated encryption.

Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology provides stereoscopic 3-D Blu-ray* playback in full 1080p resolution over HDMI* 1.4 and premium audio.

Idle States
Idle States (C-states) are used to save power when the processor is idle. C0 is the operational state, meaning that the CPU is doing useful work. C1 is the first idle state, C2 the second, and so on, where more power saving actions are taken for numerically higher C-states.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically increases the processor's frequency as needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom to give you a burst of speed when you need it, and increased energy efficiency when you don’t.

Max Turbo Frequency
Max Turbo Frequency is the maximum single-core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and, if present, Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 and Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.

Execute Disable Bit
Execute Disable Bit is a hardware-based security feature that can reduce exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks and prevent harmful software from executing and propagating on the server or network.

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) delivers two processing threads per physical core. Highly threaded applications can get more work done in parallel, completing tasks sooner.

Instruction Set
An instruction set refers to the basic set of commands and instructions that a microprocessor understands and can carry out. The value shown represents which Intel’s instruction set this processor is compatible with.

Intel® Quick Sync Video
Intel® Quick Sync Video delivers fast conversion of video for portable media players, online sharing, and video editing and authoring.

Intel vPro® Platform Eligibility
The Intel vPro® platform is a set of hardware and technologies used to build business computing endpoints with premium performance, built-in security, modern manageability and platform stability.

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory and power overhead costs and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology is an advanced means of enabling high performance while meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems. Conventional Intel SpeedStep® Technology switches both voltage and frequency in tandem between high and low levels in response to processor load. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology builds upon that architecture using design strategies such as Separation between Voltage and Frequency Changes, and Clock Partitioning and Recovery.

Intel® Clear Video Technology
Intel® Clear Video Technology is a suite of image decode and processing technologies built into the integrated processor graphics that improve video playback, delivering cleaner, sharper images, more natural, accurate, and vivid colors, and a clear and stable video picture.

Secure Key
Intel® Secure Key consists of a digital random number generator that creates truly random numbers to strengthen encryption algorithms.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 Frequency is the maximum single core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. Frequency is typically measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second.

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) provide applications the ability to create hardware enforced trusted execution protection for their applications’ sensitive routines and data. Intel® SGX provides developers a way to partition their code and data into CPU hardened trusted execution environments (TEE’s).

Instruction Set Extensions
Instruction Set Extensions are additional instructions which can increase performance when the same operations are performed on multiple data objects. These can include SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) and AVX (Advanced Vector Extensions).

Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Thermal Monitoring Technologies protect the processor package and the system from thermal failure through several thermal management features. An on-die Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) detects the core's temperature, and the thermal management features reduce package power consumption and thereby temperature when required in order to remain within normal operating limits.

Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory Supported
Intel® Optane™ persistent memory is a revolutionary tier of non-volatile memory that sits between memory and storage to provide large, affordable memory capacity that is comparable to DRAM performance.  Delivering large system-level memory capacity when combined with traditional DRAM, Intel Optane persistent memory is helping transform critical memory constrained workloads – from cloud, databases, in-memory analytics, virtualization, and content delivery networks.

Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX) provides a set of hardware features that can be used by software in conjunction with compiler changes to check that memory references intended at compile time do not become unsafe at runtime due to buffer overflow or underflow.

Intel® Boot Guard
Intel® Device Protection Technology with Boot Guard helps protect the system’s pre-OS environment from viruses and malicious software attacks.

Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions
Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions (Intel® TSX) are a set of instructions that add hardware transactional memory support to improve performance of multi-threaded software.
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, AM5, 4.3GHz, Up to 5.7GHz, 16 CPU Cores, 32 Threads, 170W TDP
Intel® Xeon® W-2225 Processor (8.25M Cache, 4.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ i9-10900X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, 3.70 GHz)
16 cores, 32 threads, 3GHz base clock, 3.7GHz boost clock, 128MB L3 cache, 155W TDP
Intel Xeon E2386G Processor 12M Cache 3.50 GHz
Intel Xeon E2388G Processor 16M Cache 3.20 GHz
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