Review on 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X by Wiktor Malczyk ᠌

Compared to Intel 5960X in multi-threaded applications, it has a confident superiority of 2 or more times. For the sake of interest, I compared in 3DMark - exactly twice as many parrots. AMD obviously did it - everything worked right away (the mother on the X570 loaded all the profiles into memory), no lags or BSODs. Pros below: 1. 16 cores, 32 threads, performance after Intel 5960X has grown in almost all applications just by eye, which is good news. This is especially true for video processing. 2. Decent choice of motherboards, X570 has excellent models. 3. Heat dissipation - I did not overclock, under load I see 35-40 degrees under NZXT Kraken. Hmm. The air from the radiator is barely warm. Its cons: 1. Price. Although in hindsight, top stones have always cost around $1K. 2. Possibly my last x86 processor before coming to ARM. 3. An unpleasant trifle - the processor was taken by OEM, the courier brought it wrapped in an unsightly piece of bubble wrap. Well, how is it, at least some kind of plastic box. 4. There is a suspicion that in one or two generations AMD will announce a new platform and it will no longer be possible to simply ate the BIOS for the conditional 9950X.