A leaked benchmark of AMD's next-gen desktop flagship, theoretically the Ryzen 8950X processor, has popped up online. The leak comes from YouTuber RedGamingTech (RGT), who touches more broadly on Zen 5 desktop, too, noting that clock speeds will be dialed back with the next-gen CPUs, and AMD is focusing on beefing up IPC. As for the leak itself, it's of an engineering sample (obviously) of the 8950X which has been run through its paces on Cinebench 2024.
The Ryzen 8950X purportedly scored around 2,400 for multi-core performance (the results were rounded to protect the source), and about 140 for single-core. Compared to the current-gen Ryzen 7950X, then, the 8950X is around 10% to 12% faster, which is a less impressive generation-on-generation gain than RGT previously leaked with Cinebench R23. Read more here.
The leaker reckons that the standard Zen 5 processors (8950X and downwards) will be faster for gaming than X3D CPUs from Zen 4. So, we can imagine the leap that'll be made by 3D V-Cache toting Zen 5 CPUs when they emerge later on.
For those seeking pure gaming there is still value in AM4
For those seeking gaming plus content creation the new AM5 could be king since the 14900 failed to de-throne even the 7950X
It's funny but the CPUs of today are already so far beyond my needs and aspirations. Maybe I'm slowing down as I approach 65 years, but even my new 2024 Equinox only has a 1.5 L, 175 HP engine. I'm more into efficiency in this world of dwindling resources.
