With Ryzen 8000, AMD will be offering processors based on Zen5 architecture. These should offer increased performance, while the number of cores should remain stable: 16c/32t maximum. However, if the CPUs are the talk of the town today, it’s via their Geekbench 6.2 score.
Ryzen 9 8950X: big Geekbench scores!
If AMD follows its current logic, the Ryzen 9 8950X should be the biggest model in the Ryzen 8000 range. It should feature 16 cores and 32 threads. As for frequency, that’s where things get tricky. Apparently, the sample tested reaches a maximum of 5.6 GHz. Nevertheless, the reds are trying to push the frequencies.
As for the scores, nothing precise, just rounded scores so as not to burn out the sources. But it would appear that the 8950X scores in the 3,500 pts range for single-core, while the multi-core score is in the 24,000 pts range.
By way of comparison, a 7950X3D displays 2,909 pts in single-core vs. 19,697 pts in multi-core. The new-generation Ryzen would therefore be 20.3% and 21.8% more powerful in single- and multi-core than a 7950X3D.
Of course, these scores may change between now and the production of the final models. In the meantime, it’s worth remembering that these are scores obtained with a late engineering sample model. So don’t take them for granted.
