95°C is Now Normal: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU Review & Benchmarks

Support our in-depth testing! Grab a 3D Component Coaster Pack on the GN store, or consider a Wireframe Blue & Black Mouse Mat (we also have Modmats for PC building, toolkits, shirts, and more) In this review & benchmark series, we’re testing the AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 9 7950X CPU (R9 7950X) versus the Intel i9-12900K, AMD R9 5950X, AMD R9 3900X, and even the AMD R7 1700. We have plenty of tests coming up on the R9 7900X, R7 7700X, and R5 7600X, but those will be in videos immediately following this one. For now, our focus is on testing the 7950X and explaining the new behavior where the CPU clocks to the highest frequency it can achieve at 95 degrees Celsius -- and that’s normal, not considered “overheating“ or “thermal throttling“ with these new CPUs. The R9 7950X release date is 9/27/22, tomorrow, but reviews can go up today. The other Ryzen 7000 CPUs go up at the same time. Our review and benchmarks of the R9 7900X, R5 7600X, and R7 7700X are all going live soon. Subscribe for those! Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD Ryzen 9 7950X on Amazon: Intel Core i9-12900K on Amazon: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X on Amazon: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X on Amazon: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X on Amazon: Intel Core i7-12700K on Amazon: RELATED CONTENT Watch Extreme Overclocking the R9 7950X to : Watch our AMD Zen 4 initial news and Ryzen 7000 (7950X, 7900X, R7 7700X, R5 7600X) specs coverage: Or check out the delidded AMD R9 7950X that we looked at: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU Review 01:37 - Test Motherboards, RAM, & AMD EXPO 02:37 - MASSIVE FULL TEAM UNDERTAKING: Methodology 03:09 - System Instability & BIOS Problems 04:08 - 95 Degrees Celsius is ’Normal’ 05:20 - Thermal Benchmarks & Frequency (AMD R9 7950X Temperature) 07:10 - Core-to-Core Temperature Deltas on 7950X 08:12 - Single-Core Boost Frequency is 08:35 - AMD Ryzen 7950X Power Consumption 10:16 - Single-Core Power Consumption on R9 7950X 10:41 - AMD 7950X CPU Rendering Benchmarks (Blender Cycles) 11:44 - Overstated Power Efficiency Claims 12:47 - Code Compile Programming CPU Benchmarks (7950X vs. 12900K) 13:34 - AMD’s BS TDP Numbers 14:56 - Compression & Decompression Benchmarks 16:32 - Adobe Premiere Best CPUs (AMD Zen 4 7950X) 17:20 - Adobe Photoshop CPU Benchmarks 17:58 - Very Hard to Benchmark Games on 7950X 18:35 - CSGO CPU Benchmarks (AMD Ryzen 7000) - 1080p & 1440p 19:41 - Rainbow Six Siege CPU Benchmarks 2022 20:27 - Small Frametime Issue in Far Cry 6 21:39 - Tomb Raider FPS Benchmarks (7950X vs 5950X, 5800X3D, 3900X) 23:04 - F1 2022 CPU Tests (1080p & 1440p) 23:52 - The Bottleneck Problem 24:15 - Conclusion: Gaming, “Overheating“ CPU, Power, & Production ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Host, Writing, Testing & Lead: Steve Burke Testing & Research: Patrick Lathan Testing & Editing: Mike Gaglione Editing & Video Production: Andrew Coleman Product Footage: Robert Hoang