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AMD

Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Name: Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Brand: AMD

around $699

All prices are estimates and may vary from actual prices.

290 Pros

53%
20 reviews (4h 1m)

255 Cons

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is a high-performance CPU designed for demanding gamers seeking top-tier frame rates. With its groundbreaking 3D V-Cache technology, boasting a massive 128MB L3 cache, this processor excels in delivering incredibly smooth gameplay, especially at 1080p. Expect significant performance boosts in many games, sometimes exceeding...

Summary of pros and cons from human reviewers, put together by AI

57%

98 vs 75

Performance

22%

16 vs 57

Value for Money

29%

10 vs 25

Compatibility

52%

31 vs 29

Cooling Requirements

66%

33 vs 17

Power Consumption

Reviewer verdict

Across 20 YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D earns an Index score of 3.1/5, ranking #51 among CPUs. Reviewers most often praise its performance, gaming performance, power consumption, while the most common criticisms concern performance, value for money.

The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is widely praised for top-tier performance, with reviewers frequently calling it the fastest CPU and noting strong benchmark and multi-threaded results (mentioned across many reviews). Reviewers consistently highlight exceptional gaming performance driven by the 3D V-Cache — numerous tests show meaningful FPS and 1% low gains versus non‑3D parts and Intel rivals. Reviewers also commonly applaud its power efficiency and lower temperatures compared with alternatives, making cooling easier and enabling quieter or smaller builds. Many commentators characterize it as an excellent hybrid chip for gamers who also do productivity work, with broad agreement on its gaming advantage and thermal/power benefits.

Critics repeatedly point out inconsistent or underwhelming results in some productivity workloads and benchmark scenarios, with several reviewers finding the non‑3D 7950X or older 5800X3D sometimes faster. Multiple reviewers raised concerns about software, driver and scheduler behavior (thread director/CCD assignment) causing erratic performance or requiring manual tuning, and some reported crashes and a rough launch experience. The price/positioning and value are also questioned by many reviewers, who note limited stock, high MSRP relative to alternatives, and doubt over whether the premium is justified given the mixed productivity gains.

Analysis based on 20 YouTube reviews (4h 1m of video) with 290 pros and 255 cons extracted.

Pros (290)

Performance (67)

astounding mind-boggling ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 12:31
fastest on the planet ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 0:55
either CCD is very fast ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 3:49
you're going to be getting incredible performance no matter what ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 4:30
that is five percent better than my best 7950x CCD which averaged 116 ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 9:49
while testing the processors I found the 7950X3D to be much faster. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 6:36
The hardware can deliver great results most of the time if you invest enough of your own time to figure it out ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 7:58
the CPU is absolutely great for video editing and for gaming and I really have no complaints ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 11:39
opens up the floodgates for positive benchmarks favoring the 7950x3d ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:30
extra vcash ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 12:53
up to whopping 128 megabytes of extra L3 cach ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 12:56
7950x3d dominated the regular 7950x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 13:24
creates a very unique spot for its existence ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 14:16
And it seemed the mix was a winner, because that Ryzen 7 took on Intel's Core i9-12900K ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 0:44
it comes with out-of-the-box optimizations, lower power consumption, and lower temperature ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 9:13
amazing compared to the inel I9 13900 K ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 14:06
double the L3 cash for 144 megabytes of total cash ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 1:46
able to get the expected performance ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 3:33
every metric gained between a bit and a lot ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 13:12
performance penalty going 3D and work related tasks is small enough to ignore it in favor of the huge performance bump in gaming performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 14:47
slight bomb in performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:43
this contains and holds itself together so much better under that sort of load ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 7:59
fantastic at productivity ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 1:54
7950x3d actually came out as the big winner ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 9:50
one of the best CPUs you can buy ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 9:06
same increase in performance that we saw coming from every other 3D chip ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:35
Best of Both Worlds good at working and good at gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 0:41
you like I said are getting The Best of Both Worlds you don't have to choose now between gaming and multi-threaded ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 8:06
7950 x3d1 against the non-3d counterpart ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 11:43
about five percent faster that is not a significant lead over the 7950x 3D without benchmarks you wouldn't be able to tell a difference in using either machine ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 1:58
16 megabytes of L2 cash and 1 MB of L1 cache ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 13:05
lots of optimizations in the last few months so we now see great improvements ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 2:40
3D V cash bump ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:32
difference becomes immediately noticeable ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:50
great for hybrid users ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 16:05
basically the chip if you are building a PC that is for both working and gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 14:20
128 Megs of L3 cap which is really really nice ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 0:20
every metric growing by a bit or by a bit more ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 13:29
7950x3d what a chip what a clever idea from AMD as well to create a very very simple solution to a seemingly complex problem ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 0:21
works great when it comes into such applications such as Photoshop ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 17:19
really good actually a couple of times ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 1:36
perfect hybrid ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 15:02
incredible Ace up its sleeve not enough people talk about ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 0:28
AMD was very keen to say that we won't have to make those same sacrifices when we move forward to the 7000 X 3D chips ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 3:32
you can have your cake and eat it too ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 4:19
in professional applications the 7950x3d doesn't necessarily break any new boundaries but it does at least match the regular 7950x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 3:20
finally given us a gaming CPU that doesn't sacrifice application performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 0:17
the 7950x3d is the fastest CPU available at least right now ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 3:13
scored 4058 points which is one of the best numbers ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 1:47
achieved close to 7000 megabytes per second copy and super fast latency speed with CPU hitting 5.7 gigahertz speeds ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 2:14
we do see the new ryzen 7950x3d right at the top of the chart ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 2:29
New Zen 4 architecture will enable roughly 13 better IPC throughput compared to Zen 3 processors ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 0:14
crazy fast and beating Intel Core I9 ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 2:33
scored 38 563 points in multi-thread and 2027 points in single thread these are excellent numbers and completely destroying its Intel counterpart in multi-thread performance ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 1:24
extremely powerful processor and the fastest CPU can buy for under 600 ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:40
for what it's worth the 7950x3d is the faster chip ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 4:16
for the most part we are getting that unreal 16 core ryzen 7000 performance ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 7:26
scores 66 232 points which is an excellent score ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 1:37
if though you're upgrading from a ryzen 2000 or 3000 CPU then you will definitely see a difference five millisecond faster input and roughly a double in frame rate ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 2:50
CPU scores 7 and 6 points in a single thread and score 15 921 points in a multi-thread ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 1:10
consistently score in the top 3 CPU category even comparing against 32 core AMD thread Trooper CPUs which is an impressive achievement ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 1:53
delivers impressive performance in all these benchmarks ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:14
crazy fast even comparing against amd's last gen 5950x Flagship processor ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 2:55
going neck and neck with Intel's latest Raptor leg core I9 which cost about 650 at the time of this review ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:50
excellent numbers ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:12
scored in the top three achieving a whopping 78 000 megabytes per second read and write speed which is crazy fast numbers ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 2:05
on par with Intel's latest Raptor Lake 24 core 32 thread CPU in cinebench Benchmark ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 1:16

Gaming Performance (62)

it runs perfectly smooth at 240 ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 3:21
the results for this Benchmark are around 609 FPS which is absolutely ridiculous and that means you can essentially pop out any monitor in the world with absolutely no issues ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 4:42
it's having no issue and if you were to remove the FPS cap it would most likely get a what fuckingly high amount of frames ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 5:33
the game runs beautifully to say the least I have no issues with this performance ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 9:07
overall the CPU is killer for Call of Duty ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 2:11
360 FPS averages great ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 2:46
it runs beautifully on this combo ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 7:07
the game runs great and you can most likely play this at 4K Ultra no problem ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 9:24
Final Fantasy Benchmark 1080p it was around one percent higher ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 6:54
you're getting crazy good frame rates with this combo and you won't have any issue ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 7:42
this game runs beautifully ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 10:12
the performance of this CPU is Stellar in Call of Duty especially after I did the ram tuning and after I set it to prefer cache in the Bios ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 1:19
the game is buttery smooth and the 7950x30 shines in games like this ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 8:18
even your one percent lows will be above it ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 4:52
the game runs great ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 7:00
it can most likely do 140 FPS at 1440p Ultra and it would have no issues ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 10:40
up to nine percent better gaming performance uh than the 7950x ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 10:36
fantastic at gaming ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 1:56
12% in Far Cry 6, 4% in AC Valhalla and we can conclude that the new X3D is indeed more powerful in games than the normal X. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 7:27
this game is beautifully optimized and the 4090 and 7950x30d consider it a piece of cake ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 11:31
manages to push just above 700 frames per second on average giving a pretty healthy five percent increase over the 7900x and the standard 7900 ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 4:36
built for gamers ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 12:51
gaming performance upgrade over A7 950x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 13:56
the x3d was like six percent faster in dirt five at medium settings at 1080p ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 6:44
Horizon 4 5 at 1080p where they get medium settings it was one percent higher ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 6:49
better for gaming at 1080P and generally better for gaming by up to 10 when you're enable pbo2 ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 12:23
best gaming CPU ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 0:51
world's fastest gaming CPU ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 3:00
I saw the biggest difference in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, 20 percent in favor of the X3D, and in Cyberpunk where the 128MB of Cache gave an 18% performance boost. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 7:15
fast CPU for gaming at night ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 1:44
beats the 13900 KS by 2.7 percent to take the gaming Crown ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 0:08
fastest gaming CPU ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 0:03
great it holds frame rates excellent ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 17:03
shadow of the Tomb Raider and Dota 2 being a particular title showing a very big difference in performance ▶ Fastest gaming processor for your PC? - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 4:22
7950x3d can get better gaming performance than the 7950x while needing less power and outputting way way less heat ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 14:29
gaming focused CPU those are some extremely important selling points ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 14:46
7950x 3D is taking the lead offering 16 higher FPS than the 7950x and even eight percent more than the 13900k ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 7:21
With differences ranging from 5% to as much as 20% in favor of the X3D, I can confirm that the 3D V-Cache memory is once again having a notable impact in gaming. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 6:50
improvement about 40 to 50 frames per second when it comes to gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 14:00
the one percent lows were better from the 0950x3d so that the cash is working it is doing a hell of a good job to get the information to the chip with the lowest latency clearly this is exactly what it's doing based on these performance results ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 5:51
gain of over 100 FPS on the average Moon and Max FPS ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:52
Red Dead Redemption 2 ... 7950x 3D not only offering 25 smoother 1 lows than the 7950x but also 12 percent better results compared to the 13900k ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 8:47
it's going to be really good for gaming and streaming at the same time because you can send your game down the V cash and then you can send your stream down the other side of the chip ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 8:24
literally every single game out of the game even stuff that hasn't had a chance to really run with Nvidia dlss like cyberpunk it's still better even when your resolution scale it's still better ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 9:40
this is the best gaming chip if you're buying a premium gaming system ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 10:26
excellent when it is holding frame rates ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 13:57
the extra cash did help for a majority of the games the 7950x3d generally outperforms the non-x3d variant with about 10 to 20 percent faster on most games that we tested that can take advantage of the extra cash ▶ Fastest gaming processor for your PC? - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 4:07
AMD is offering a nearly 5 higher frame rate on average ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 10:09
x3d model performs respectable 36 better than its X counterpart and 14 better than the 13900k ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 10:12
this is the unequivocally for me now the best gaming chip and especially crossover working ship you can buy ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 9:52
Horizon zero Dawn the x3d CPU being ahead of the rest two percent ahead of the X model at nearly eight percent faster than the 3900k ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 8:20
fastest CPU currently available for gaming ▶ The Best Just Got Better - Ryzen 9800X3D Review and Benchmar @ 13:21
to my surprise it's only the x3d model achieving that and even exceeding that by 25 megahertz in games ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 4:16
the AMD ryzen 9 7950x3d is the fastest gaming CPU available right now ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 2:27
Far Cry 6 the 7950x 3D is leading once more it's almost 14 faster than the 7950x and three percent ahead of the 13900k ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 7:44
cyberpunk 2077 sees almost a 20 boost in performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 1:52
three Cash which should boost their gaming performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 0:14
7950x 3D manages to overtake the 3900k by a small margin on average by two percent ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 12:00
best gaming performance available right now ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 7:07
in valorant the 7950x3d finally cracks that 1000 fps mark on our spike plant simulation with one percent lose over 600 FPS ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 4:00
we also see surprisingly good scaling in cyberpunk 2077. here the new 3D chip was five percent faster on average versus the non-3d part and 13 faster when it came to the one percent lows ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 4:29
at this point as well the new 7950x3d almost relieves all CPU bottlenecking with these settings ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 4:38

Power Consumption (30)

core I9 3900k ish performance for a substantial reduction in power consumption even in a GPU bound scenario ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 12:20
scary how efficient this chip is ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 14:11
under a full Prime 95 load the 13900k consistently pulls over 320 Watts with the 7950x3d at less than half of that ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 12:34
low TDP and low heat it's going to be great in a small footprint system ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 14:06
significant reduction from the 226 volts that we observed on the 7950x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 9:01
more efficient with a lower TDP ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 12:57
the real difference is in power consumption, which has dropped from 230W to "only" 162. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 3:15
very efficient unlike anything else before it ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 0:32
power efficiency of just 120 watt TDP ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 1:49
TDP is up to 120 watts compared to its predecessor which was 170 Watts ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 13:18
75 watts of power savings and 22 degrees of aggregate temperature reduction leads to a cut of just yep 215 megahertz ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 5:00
most amazing thing is power efficiency the 7950x3d was able to dish out that amount of performance while drawing just about 130 Watts compared to the 7950x that's way lower compared to the core I9 3900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 7:51
amazing performer especially for the wattage it uses ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 17:09
night and day difference with the x3d since it needs just 143 watts to get through the exact same blender workload ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 4:21
more efficient drawing less power ▶ The Best Just Got Better - Ryzen 9800X3D Review and Benchmar @ 13:26
shockingly efficient CPU ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 12:26
only 120 watts and then yet you're getting some great frame rates when it comes to gaming ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 17:12
consumes a lot less power ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 15:05
one of the absolutely awesome things about these 3D chips is that they run they just sip at the wattage plug compared to their team blue counterparts ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 1:28
pulling similar wattage to the Intel i5 13600k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 2:30
AMD it seems have already squeezed out most of their x3d CPU as far as power efficiency is concerned ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 15:10
one of the most power efficient modern generation CPUs ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 2:24
TDP has also dropped, down to 120 watts from the 7950x's 170 watts ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 2:52
lower power usage is also apparent in applications ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 4:33
even though it's not any faster than the 7950x it is more efficient ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 4:46
7950x 3D in my test draws exactly 102 Watts less than the 7950x at default stock settings ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 12:38
amd's newest Flagship the most efficient gaming CPU you can buy right now ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 4:15
best efficiency when it comes to Applications ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 7:11
7950x 3D uses only 56 Watts on average while playing games ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 3:47
surprisingly the 7950x3d doesn't pull that much power at all in valorent just 76 watts and that's also while pushing out 1000 fps ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 5:33

Cooling Requirements (23)

when I added pbo2 tuning to the mix the maximum temperature I could get out of the CPU was 83c ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 3:31
temperature of only 80c ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 3:26
way bigger a pool of coolers to choose from when going for the 3D variant ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 9:35
much easier to keep cool ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 13:00
7950x3d was sitting at a cozy 84 degrees C on the die ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 9:20
translates into a way easier cooling setup ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 9:18
I didn't hear it once during a single gaming Benchmark not once ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 6:43
a lot easier to cool down ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 15:08
AMD has created the perfect storm to absolutely demolish every single CPU Cooler on the market ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 1:56
gaming temperatures well they are even lower so no worries there at all you'll usually see just about 70 degrees Celsius or so no worries ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 7:43
running along at a constant 73 degrees which is an absolutely massive reduction ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 4:45
you can run your cooler at much lower noise levels and even get amazing temperatures with more affordable cooling solutions ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 14:37
not reaching as high of temperatures as either Intel's 14th or 15th gen processors ▶ The Best Just Got Better - Ryzen 9800X3D Review and Benchmar @ 13:26
if they're being used for gaming these new ryzen CPUs are efficient and run pretty cool ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 6:44
7950 X 3D is super easy to manage regardless of whatever cooling solution you have from the high end to the entry level ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 12:22
heck of a lot easier to manage than pretty much anything else in amd's ryzen 7000 series lineup to date ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 12:42
huge Delta in power between the two chips leads to temperature drops ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 4:32
my average temperature amongst these tests was high 50s low 60s it's one of the really big takeaways from the 3D chips ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 6:47
7950x 3D with the identical CPU Cooler now runs noticeably cooler than 95 degrees Celsius ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 14:06
if you are going to be in a thermally limited situation like in a small form factor build the 7950x3d is pretty hard to beat ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 5:15
about 11 degrees cooler than its namesake and 16 degrees cooler than the core I9 13900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 4:58
efficiency and lower power usage also leads to lower CPU temperatures ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 4:53
never breaks 90 degrees Celsius and under stress test and idle around 30 degrees Celsius which is really good power management ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:30

Core Count & Speed (7)

turbo boost of well over five gigahertz ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 0:11
the biggest news is the 3D V-Cache memory, which is double: 128 vs 64MB! ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 3:22
massive 128 megabytes of L3 cache ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 0:07
standard clock of 4.2 GHz and a boost clock of 5.7 GHz ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 13:10
flagship ryzen 97950x is a 16 core 32 thread CPU ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 0:05
single threaded performance on the other hand is about equal ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 7:04
increased clock speed are estimated to yield 29 performance increase in a single thread ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 0:22

Value for Money (6)

So it's newer, it comes with the same launch price, and it's powerful ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 7:37
with lower power consumption, lower requirements on the cooling side, and lower cost of adoption. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 0:54
costs less money, cheaper than the 285k ▶ The Best Just Got Better - Ryzen 9800X3D Review and Benchmar @ 13:37
7950x3d gets the most points per watt out of pretty much any CPU ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 4:39
currently on sale for under 600 during Black Friday sale ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 0:09
no competition at this price point ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:46

Compatibility (2)

they took a built-in Windows function they managed to get the chip Behavior to go in line with that instead of you know building an entire you know kernel and stuff around it they were just like oh we'll just get it to function like this I I love MD for this like quick easy solutions to problems ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 10:44
with Xbox game bar you just tell the OS that it's a game and then it will enable the 3dv cache how simplistically clever is that I really like that from AMD ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 3:11

Overclocking Potential (2)

for Less experienced users there's no need to go through any further optimizations ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 15:05
these 3D chips are unlocked this time around so potentially you could tweak them to the same clock speeds as what we have here or maybe even faster ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 8:32

Reliability & Longevity (1)

system works as expected most of the time ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 3:23

Cons (255)

Performance (64)

performance numbers were so far off what others were reporting ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 0:43
ended up leading to lower GPU power and therefore lower GPU performance ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 10:48
3D V cache just doesn't help that much with most productivity tasks ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 2:55
outside of gaming we expected performance to be underwhelming due to the 7950x3d’s lower clock speeds and TDP ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 2:47
lying about how the 7950x3d ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 8:30
not all the time ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 3:27
some very weird results ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 2:45
you get to spend your time not playing games but becoming amd's thread director ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 4:10
unless you know what results to expect or are willing to test with each CCD turned off I wonder how many users will ever know if their 7950x3d is running their game on the right CCD ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 3:37
very inconsistent some people claim it's the best others say it's a scam ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 3:55
they took another step back ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 8:24
It doesn't work properly all the time and that's when you have to step in as amd's thread director ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 10:36
I can't overlook the weird behavior the X3D sometimes has. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 7:45
in productivity this CPU actually performs worse than a regular 3950x because 3dv cache has issues with Boost clocks ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 3:42
my results were not good to go ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 2:35
it is theoretically a CPU bottleneck at least at 1440p ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 6:46
this game is indeed also CPU bottleneck ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 9:41
the magic of 3D V cash will not hit the same highs like it did with the 5800 X 3D ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 8:40
it failed where it mattered most - performance. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 1:33
There were also cases where the extra memory didn't matter at all and the CPU had slower speeds, in CSGO and Strange Brigade to be more accurate. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 7:02
the results can be very inconsistent and the experience is more of that buying a project car rather than buying a top of the line flagship CPU ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 6:56
7950x actually was still a very good CPU when when you talk about results that are not gaming ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 6:09
two ccds there's going to be some latency penalty ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 2:04
I had to do a lot of tweaking to unlock the full potential of the CPU. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 4:43
they're not very Snappy it's a bullet point of the presentation it's how I find the AMD processors in general compared to having used 18 gen now for quite a bit ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 1:43
the 3D V-Cache memory is a solution that still needs time to mature. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 9:38
isn't exactly that much faster either we are talking just single digit percentages at best ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 0:25
you end up a lot of times with a CP performance worse than 150x in productivity and in games it performs worse than 1700x 3D because not all the time you can use the the extra cores ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 4:26
there's a 950x3d performs quite similarly and in most cases actually performs lower than the 7950x non-3d variant ▶ Fastest gaming processor for your PC? - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 5:40
results were completely tanked to the point of a 77 or even a 7600x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 3:41
all the 3D chips fall quite behind significantly ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 10:22
was never intended to be great at creative workloads ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 3:44
7950 X 3D is actually slower than the 7 3950x in the one area where you would actually need a chip with 32 threads and that's in rendering apps that Focus solely on leveraging this Chip's huge number of cores ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 0:58
it's useless for productivity so no point in getting it ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 4:51
you're going to get worse performance just overall than if you had gotten a 7800 X 3D ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 6:40
The standard 7950X beats the X3D in benchmarks, and by that, I mean ALL benchmarks. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 5:58
transcoding a h-264 file into h.265 took shoes minimally longer for the x3d chip ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:02
7950x3d produced slightly fewer Rays per second compared to the regular deal ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:22
some complications because of the vcash CCD runs slower ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 0:26
Intel definitely had the advantage with compute performance ▶ The Best Just Got Better - Ryzen 9800X3D Review and Benchmar @ 14:51
there are some anomalies in the data like you may have seen single core performance from cinebench just being a little bit sort of underwhelming over there that's because it's the cinebench is not like a task that benefits from that caching system ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 9:25
7950x3d performance is slightly worse than the 7950x ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 3:09
7950x 3D 6 behind the regular 7950x at nearly 8 percent behind the I9 3900k at Auto stock settings ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 5:00
the 7950x3d that uses the older chipset drivers performance is quite similar and in some cases actually worse than even a non-x3d variant of the 7950 ▶ Fastest gaming processor for your PC? - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 5:02
how this experience went for us ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 2:29
x3d chip produced slightly lower numbers all across the board ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 12:12
7950x3d brings no real world workload improvements ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 3:37
7950x 3D is roughly three percent slower ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 6:01
games use only the vcast CCD multi-threaded workloads will use both ccds ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 0:31
we didn't have to make the same sacrifices we had to make all new ones all new sacrifices are being made ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 3:45
x3d chip performs four percent worse than the X chip ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 5:39
it's not as good as many of you expect it to be ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 0:23
we didn't see very much at all honestly it's so underwhelming ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 7:12
there's no performance game to be had there it's a waste of your money waste your time ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 11:42
ryzen 9 7950x3d is not the fastest CPU available right now ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 0:49
in many situations it's just as fast as or in other situations a little bit slower ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 5:58
the performance problems the ones that led to our negative conclusion in the first place are actually no better ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 7:14
I actually found the 5800x3d to be slightly faster on average compared to the new 7950x3d ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 3:09
experience wise there's basically no difference here versus the 5800 X 3D especially when the difference in latency is just half a millisecond ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 4:10
in cinebench it was around nine percent faster than the new 3D chip ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 6:57
the gains that we're seeing honestly from the 3D V cache this time around don't seem that impressive as what we saw with the 5800x 3D and in most cases the 5800x3d is still there to play ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 8:01
there are some instances just as we saw with the 5800x3d with that extra L3 cache doesn't really help a lot ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 5:17
it's only the full ball rendering and encoding stuff that seems to take about a five to ten percent penalty versus the non-3d chip ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 7:31
it is by a very slim margin ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 2:32

Value for Money (42)

Supply was expected to be basically non-existent ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 3:22
not universally recommended ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 0:17
not been restocked and they are sold out at MSRP prices ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 1:34
jack of all trades that is a master of none for a very high price ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 11:52
price of 699 US dollars ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 0:21
some even questioned if this was just a scam ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 2:52
why should the most expensive mainstream CPU require the customer to do all that work ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 4:22
basically have a 7800x 3D at a higher price point ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 2:36
it's clear AMD does not care if they disappoint their high-end paying customers ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 5:41
massive disappointment ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 8:10
I don't actually recommend buying it if you can find a regular 7950 X for the same price or a 7800x 3D for a lower price ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 0:59
you're paying a CPU a lot of money especially now like in 2024...you're paying more than the 750x and a lot more than 1700x 3D ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 6:21
if you are a straight gamer this may not be really beneficial to you ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 15:17
most expensive CPU, no other consumer desktop CPU that costs more than this one ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 12:02
may this processor not be for everybody ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 13:22
not cheap not at all ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 14:13
I actually don't recommend anybody buys the ryzen 9 150x 3D even in 2024 ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 0:05
paying a much more higher premium of $699.99 USD ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 14:14
there's just not enough stock unfortunately for South Africa ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 9:14
7950x3d is 700 MSRP ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 4:17
you can have the standard ryzen 97950x for much less nowadays and that will not only perform better with creative workloads the gaming performance is still pretty much equally as good in most gaming titles ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 8:28
stupid and it can lead to the average guy not getting what he paid for and I think this is an issue ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 7:49
will cost you another 100 euro extra ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 14:03
if you are a gamer this may not really be for you ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Re @ 14:24
don't believe it to be a good one ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 1:33
there's no way in hell you should be buying a 16 core chip for gaming anyways ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 1:39
I would actually wait right now instead of buying the 700 CPU I would wait for the 7800 X 3D and see where that ends up Landing ultimately ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 14:08
with the launch price of 699 US Dollars the ryzen 97950x3d is simply in a really tough spot ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 8:18
AMD just announced the ryzen 9000 Series which of course is one more reason why you should not buy top-of-the-line CPU since the next gen is right about to come out ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 0:39
does cost a hundred euros more right now ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 15:14
doesn't really look like a good start though considering you can buy a 7950x these days for under 600 bucks and with a free game too meanwhile this x3d will go for about 700 on launch ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 1:13
x3d model does cost a fair bit more than the 13900k by Intel ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 1:06
do I regret buying it yes and no ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 0:15
this is the bad news right now is that we're only going to see Mass stock sometime towards the end of March about a month from now ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 8:49
pricing is going to be a bit steep ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 9:59
3900k doing it at like 200 less and even the 13700k for 350 less outperforms it as well in some games ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 2:07
to upgrade to this would be kind of dumb I'm not gonna lie to you it's pretty dumb it's a very bad idea because we're not seeing the same performance gains that we did with the 5800 X 3D ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 7:23
costs 130 dollars more than the core I9 13900k ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 5:50
don't buy them they're garbage and I'm not impressed I'm really not the price points are insane for the little performance value that we've seen ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 11:31
worst case scenario you're gonna get much better value out of pretty much any CPU you can buy ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 5:40
not hard to beat the new ryzen 9 7950x3d is on performance per dollar especially if you're looking at application performance ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 5:30
price point to match ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? @ 7:17

Gaming Performance (21)

Modern Warfare 2 results lower than the 7950x ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 1:48
7950x3d managed worse performance than its X denoted cousin in multiple games at 1440p ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 2:14
at 4K with Ray tracing enabled, CPU should easily be able to hit Max boost but not the 7950x3d ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 10:21
It's Just Call of Duty being insanely unoptimized and having huge frame variants around the map ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 1:47
the one percent lows were absolutely atrocious ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 2:22
the one percent lows were not good as a result of that occasional stutter that the game had ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 2:50
this is one of those games that for some reason added a 60 FPS cap makes it feel like a console Port ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 10:27
I ran into a little bit of an issue the server that I joined turns out to have had its own FPS limit in place and I have no idea why I don't know if this was my mistake or indeed the server had an FPS limit ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 5:01
difference is much less no matter resolution be it at 1080P 1440p or even full 4K this 7950x3d performed just about two to three percent better across the board for both the average frame rate as well as the one percent low ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 5:03
Apex has a heart hard cap at 240 FPS that you cannot remove through normal in-game settings ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 2:57
7950x 3D however is not able to land the number one spot in cyberpunk 2077 just yet it's still behind the 13900k by a mere two percent ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 10:27
this game does indeed have a slight stuttering issue depending on which game engine you're using ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 2:28
the one percent lows are atrocious and you could actually feel yet again an in-game stutter when running it like this ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 3:36
whenever you go between like the planet and the space you will always get like a frame dip like a lag ▶ 4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache @ 7:21
sometimes due to Windows scheduler options the 3D V cache does not get utilized by games ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 2:37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider doesn't really show any meaningful results in my test simply screams GPU bottleneck ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 9:19
Rise of the Tomb Raider ended up not so spectacular ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 9:13
only game that doesn't follow this trend is CS go ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 13:35
going to be very game specific. Some games the 7950x3d is way on top of the charts while in other games the 3900k greatly outperforms it ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 1:57
games like CCS or CS go just really don't see any added benefit ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 1:46
ran into a big GPU bottleneck ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 6:41

Cooling Requirements (15)

TJ Maxx for the ryzen 97950x3d is actually 89 degrees Celsius which is 6 degrees lower than the ryzen 9 7950x so we do highly suggest investing in a really good air code Tower I'll go with a 240 millimeter or 360 millimeter AIO liquid cooler ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. @ 7:01
an IHS design that tends to hinder cooling to the point where you can throw a metric ton of Heats in capacity at one of these chips without any noticeable temperature reduction ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 2:13
x3d is starting to get a bit toasty at 80 degrees or right on the nose of amd's TJ Maxx and that does lead to a slight reduction in overall clock speeds ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 13:19
your thermal paste you're gonna have to be changing that more often if you're running at those type of temperatures ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 3:27
3D V cash has to run cooler ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 1:36
very sensitive you need to be smart and guess what guys that also makes your AIO cooler or water cooler closed loop open loop doesn't make a difference or your air fan cooler have a lot shorter lifespan ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 3:06
your air cooler is going to make your room extremely hot ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 2:18
heat sensitivity ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 2:18
you can't use eco mode there is no eco mode you cannot use eco mode which means your CPUs can be running at 89 degrees Celsius because it can't even go to 95 ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 8:10
running warmer than the 7800x 3D or many of the 7,000 or recent 9,000 Series CPUs ▶ The Best Just Got Better - Ryzen 9800X3D Review and Benchmar @ 14:07
running at around 95 degrees Celsius that is insanely hot ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 1:47
inconsistency with cooling, both the 3900k and the 7950x are Rock Solid at 5.5 gigahertz but the x3d it’s all over the place ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 10:35
I will mention it hits that really really easily despite using a 360mm cooler at 2000 RPM on an open bench the 7950x3d hit 89 degrees within just a couple of seconds of running cinebench and it did that while not even pulling 160 Watts so the heat management for this processor looks a little bit funky if I'm honest ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 5:53
you need to make sure you have a good CPU cooling solution ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:35
the CCD with the 3D V cash stacked on top was warming up extremely easy and at least in this scenario around about 20 degrees hotter than the CCD that doesn't have that extra cash so something is quite odd here especially compared to the regular 7950x which has pretty even temperatures across both ccds ▶ Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. @ 6:20

Compatibility (14)

have to rely on Windows and the chip sets and all of that uh drivers whatever choosing the correct core to run your task on ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 2:08
This product is not ready because AMD did not invest the time and effort into the drivers and software to make this a great product the driver and software implementation seems like it was a least minimum effort ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 5:31
AMD driver issues and software issues they're not guaranteed to be resolved ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 0:22
issue I have with how all of this works ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 6:25
having the same issues that 7950x3d might have with getting the correct CCD assigned by windows ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 13:05
if you don't have the right drivers you might get some very interesting results ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 3:25
whole software dependency thing I do not like being software dependent at all especially if there is no way of being 100 sure that it works without digging too deep ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 15:18
the schedulers in Microsoft are not up to par yet ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 4:31
Microsoft didn't come prepared to the party ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 4:39
I shouldn't be forced to use the software I do not want to use especially one is bloated as the Xbox game bar ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 10:53
have to run Windows and balance mode and Xbox game bar or else windows won't be able to basically dummy allocate games to the 3D vcast CCD ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 0:55
Xbox game bar are you kidding me ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 5:03
you have to wait for Microsoft to update their stuff basically in Windows to make things right also the memory controller on the motherboard side which means bios updates and then you also have to run Microsoft Xbox game bar are you kidding me ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 9:52
new am5 platform so you need to buy a new motherboard ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 0:43

Reliability & Longevity (10)

testing was plagued with so many crashes ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 0:26
early drivers our bios issues and the crashes we saw all pointed to a rushed possibly even paper launch ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 3:26
a few small issues ▶ Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gami @ 2:01
what did AMD get so wrong ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 0:19
disbelief anger and disappointment ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 2:12
AMD botches another launch ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 7:43
launching an unfinished product ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 7:53
this CPU is like a project car it works kinda and generally ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 10:43
This experience is like buying a project car ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 4:30
this is an issue of course it is ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 1:28

Core Count & Speed (9)

Although it has lower power consumption than the 7950X and it's cooler, it doesn't quite reach its maximum frequency in Boost. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 7:59
also lower frequencies. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 9:18
the extra cores are completely useless for gaming ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 4:42
problem however was that the CPU was running at 4.7 gigahertz all core ▶ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working @ 3:32
the 7950 x3d has a lower clock speed overall than the 7950x ▶ Fastest gaming processor for your PC? - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 5:54
we have to sacrifice quite a bit of clock speed on the x3d CPU ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 3:45
regular 7950x and close to every instance clocks higher than my 7950x 3D ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 4:28
eight cores is not enough for what I do and I'm not going from a 12 core CPU back to an 8 core CPU just to have the extra benefit of V cash ▶ AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ @ 5:55
expect it to run at a lower clock speed than the 7950x ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 10:29

Overclocking Potential (8)

comes at the cost of worse productivity performance relying on chipset drivers to manage the dissimilar dies and the inability to overclock in the traditional sense ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 15:12
not a multi-ratio unlocked so any traditional style of overclocking was out for this one ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 8:10
AMD did miss a bit of a trick here with locking down the multiplier ▶ The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarki @ 13:24
it only runs stock. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 9:06
if you're into tweaking and overclocking under vating...this thing is just like you have to treat it like an x3d chips so like you would undervolt a 7700 x3d which means you don't have the option to do a fixed voltage with a fixed core clock because MD disabled it ▶ Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D @ 4:54
This 3D V-Cache memory is fussy, it doesn't handle well voltage changes and frequency fluctuations. So an overclock, an undervolt, or something else is out of the question. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 8:41
I however was unable to overclock them or do anything in rasmaster because unfortunately this chipset is not reviewer a proof ▶ AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACH @ 3:42
isn’t the fully unlocked overclocking that we were promised for x3d going forward ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 13:38

Power Consumption (7)

in this gaming load is drawing less than half of its rated 120 watt TDP, such low power draws certainly impressive but on a chip that advertises pinnacle-tier raw gaming performance it’s not a behavior that we want to see ▶ We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Lat @ 10:56
the CPU is capped at this temperature, and will run full-blast until this temperature is reached, at which point it will cut performance, if the situation demands it. ▶ Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! @ 3:43
high idle power draw is quite shocking too and in my opinion deserves a lot of criticism ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 15:45
lying about the 7900 XTX and an improvement of 50 performance per watt ▶ 7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspec @ 8:24
looking real bad for AMD though when glancing over to the idle power draw both the 7950x as well as its x3d version consume roughly 36 Watts or 42 percent more at idle ▶ Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D @ 13:15
you have an architecture that by Design tries to reach a thermal limit and outputs a lot of heat to get there ▶ The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! @ 2:03
requires more energy compared to previous gen ryzen 9 5950x processor ▶ AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS @ 3:20

Review sources

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - The HYBRID CPU Gaming & Working by STS — 23 pros, 16 cons
7950x3D 1 Month Later - Should you Buy? A Customer's Perspective by I'm a Mac — 9 pros, 26 cons
Do I REGRET Buying It? — AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D by Nicolas11x12 English — 15 pros, 15 cons
4090 + 7950X3D In 15 Games (With Tuned Ram and Prefer Cache Enabled) by Beefy Tech — 18 pros, 11 cons
AMD RYZEN 9 7950X REVIEW & BENCHMARKS by Deal Unboxing — 20 pros, 3 cons
Is this THE BEST GAMING CPU? AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D REVIEW! by TechniQualities — 11 pros, 11 cons
We owe you an explanation... Our Ryzen 7950X3D Review is Late but Worth the Wait by Linus Tech Tips — 5 pros, 16 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review: Wait for the 7800X3D? by TechPowerUp — 15 pros, 6 cons
AMD STRIKES BACK! Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - Das a lot of CACHE man! by Evetech — 13 pros, 7 cons
The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is Cooler than you Think! by Hardware Canucks — 12 pros, 7 cons
Before you buy the AMD Ryzen 7950X3D. by optimum — 10 pros, 9 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - Unboxing,Installation, Benchmarks & Review by Chris Mizo — 14 pros, 4 cons
AMD 7950X3D Review (DONT BUY THIS!!!) V-Cache Issues 📉⏰ by Gamer Today — 2 pros, 16 cons
The Ultimate Gaming CPU? | Overclocking, Tuning & Benchmarking The AMD Ryzen 7950X3D Review💪 by Overclockers UK — 12 pros, 3 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review - A Tough Sell. by Terafied — 7 pros, 7 cons
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D by DaPoets — 5 pros, 9 cons
Do NOT Buy a Ryzen 9 7950x3D by ImWateringPSUs — 0 pros, 12 cons
Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Why I'm not buying the world's fastest gaming CPU by Daniel Owen — 3 pros, 7 cons
The Best Just Got Better - Ryzen 9800X3D Review and Benchmarks by Paul's Hardware — 4 pros, 2 cons
Fastest gaming processor for your PC? - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Review by Tech 5 Production — 2 pros, 3 cons

Frequently asked questions

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D worth buying?

Based on 20 independent YouTube reviews, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D scores 3.1/5 with 290 positive and 255 negative points mentioned by reviewers, placing it #51 in the CPUs category.

What do reviewers like most about the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D?

The most praised aspects are performance, gaming performance, power consumption — Performance (67 mentions), Gaming Performance (62 mentions), Power Consumption (30 mentions).

What are the most common complaints about the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D?

Reviewers most frequently criticize performance, value for money — Performance (64 mentions), Value for Money (42 mentions).

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