Posted on Tuesday, June 11 2019 @ 10:53 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
AMD also previewed the ultimate member of the new 3rd Gen Ryzen™ desktop processor family, the flagship AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X processor. With 16 cores and 32 threads running up to 4.7GHz, the leadership CPU has already set multiple performance records. With the aid of liquid nitrogen, the AMD Ryzen Overclocking Team managed to push the AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X processor to 5.375 GHz, achieving record-setting performance with a Cinebench R20 multi-thread score of 12,167. The Ryzen™ 9 3950X processor now holds the crown in two important dimensions: highest performance for any 16-core processor and highest performance in a mainstream CPU socket. A new and improved AMD Ryzen™ Master Software utility was also revealed, including a redesigned user interface and new enthusiast-first overclocking features9, offering users an easy way to squeeze every drop of performance from their AMD Ryzen™ desktop processor powered system.
Meet the first 16-core, 32-thread mainstream desktop processor, the 3rd Gen @AMD Ryzen 9 3950X! Available September 2019 for $749! https://t.co/S3GUZE4v2L pic.twitter.com/CQhwB7AhiO
— AMD Ryzen (@AMDRyzen) 10 juni 2019
