Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 initial benchmarks surface with stock air cooler

AMD is gearing up to release the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU which was unveiled last month. There’s still a week left before it goes on sale to the general public, but it looks like testers are putting the CPU through its paces, and first benchmarks have surfaced. It’s too soon to judge the performance of the 9950X3D2 since not all details about the testing methodology have been revealed and the chip has not been pushed to its limit.

The benchmarks posted on HWBOT are by user Stoikov and they include 7-Zip, Cinebench 2026 (both single and multi-core), and Cinebench R23 multicore scores. All four benchmarks seem to have run with an air cooler, 32 GB of DDR5 RAM, a Radeon RX 7900 XTX, on the Asus ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WIFI motherboard.

Starting with 7-Zip, the 9950X3D2 reported 227,919 MIPS with the CPU reaching 5.13 GHz and 96-degree C. The Cinebench 2026 single-core score was 746 points with 5.4 GHz clock speed and 76-degree C temps. The multi-core score was 9,246 at 96-degree C and 5.19 max clock speed. Lastly, the Cinebench R23 Multi Core score was 38,579 points at 95-degree C and 5.19 GHz max clock speed. In terms of power draw, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 reached a maximum of 220W in Cinebench R23 test. The CPU-Z window shows 200W TDP for the CPU which is in-line with AMD’s rating.

These are preliminary scores for the chip and shouldn’t be considered the final performance numbers. Of course, there are Ryzen 9 9950X3D benchmarks that far exceed these numbers but those involve more rigorous testing with hardcore cooling solutions. AMD claims a 13% performance uplift for the 9950X3D2 in some tasks but the extra L3 cache should translate to improved gaming performance. We will have to wait for real world tests that should surface online around April 22, which is when the CPU will be officially launched.