AMD launched its first Zen 5 desktop processors earlier this month, and tomorrow, it is set to launch what appears like a disappointing flagship Ryzen 9 9950X CPU. Early critiques of the unique Zen 5 CPUs (Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X) confirmed an absence of efficiency enhancements and effectivity, and now critiques of the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X have come to the identical conclusion.
{Hardware} Unboxed examined a wide range of productiveness workloads and video games with the 9950X, and the outcomes made the previous-generation Ryzen 9 7950X chip seem like a greater worth normally.
In a median of 13 video games working at 1080p utilizing the RTX 4090, {Hardware} Unboxed discovered the 9950X to be only one share level sooner than the inventory 7950X. AMD’s new flagship Zen 5 CPUs primarily provide the identical degree of efficiency as they did two years in the past. There is no actual effectivity acquire on the facility facet both. “From a gaming perspective, the 9950X is a whole failure,” concludes {Hardware} Unboxed’s Steve Walton.
The 9950X is equally spectacular by way of productiveness. {Hardware} Unboxed noticed an actual drop in efficiency on compression and decompression jobs, and slight enhancements over the 7950X in assessments like Cinebench, Blender, and picture modifying in Photoshop. On common, the 9950X was solely 3% sooner than the 7950X in these productiveness assessments.
The outcomes are a far cry from AMD’s monster guarantees of productiveness and gaming efficiency features. AMD describes Zen 5 as a “vital leap ahead” in press launch and is “extraordinarily proud” of it edge earlier this 12 months.
JayzTwoCents says AMD “failed this launch” and it is laborious to disagree. When Intel’s thirteenth and 14th technology CPUs suffered from crashing points that resulted in prolonged warranties, many hoped that AMD’s new Zen 5 CPUs would offer sturdy competitors for Intel. Now, all eyes are on Intel’s Arrow Lake desktop CPUs, that are anticipated to launch later this 12 months.
