AMD's New Zen 5 Flagship Underwhelms in Blender Benchmark Test

July 14, 2024 Hardware

AMD's new Zen 5 flagship, touted as one of the most impressive CPUs on the horizon, was recently put to the test. The Ryzen 9 9950X engineering sample, while impressive in various aspects, did not quite live up to expectations in the Blender benchmark test when set at maximum power settings.

The Zen 5 architecture is AMD's latest iteration, succeeding the Zen 3 and Zen 4 designs. It's anticipated to offer significant improvements in terms of efficiency, speed, and overall performance. The Ryzen 9 9950X, as the flagship of this new architecture, was expected to exemplify these advancements. However, the benchmark results in the Blender test suggest a different story.

Blender, an open-source 3D computer graphics software, is often used as a benchmark for testing the performance of CPUs. It requires substantial processing power to run the array of complex tasks associated with 3D modeling, animation, and rendering. Hence, it was somewhat disappointing when the Ryzen 9 9950X's performance did not match the hype in this capacity.

The engineering sample of the Ryzen 9 9950X features 16 cores and 32 threads, promising a base clock speed of 3.4 GHz and a boost clock of up to 4.9 GHz. Despite the impressive specs, the CPU fell short of expectations when tested with Blender's demanding workloads. While the results are not catastrophic, they are not particularly impressive either, especially considering the power settings were maxed out for the test.

It's important to note that these results are from an engineering sample, not a retail-ready product. Engineering samples are often used for debugging and optimization purposes and do not necessarily represent the final performance of the product. Therefore, it's possible that the final version of the Ryzen 9 9950X could still deliver the impressive performance we've been anticipating.

The lackluster benchmark results should be taken with a grain of salt. After all, this is just one benchmark test and doesn't necessarily reflect the real-world performance of the CPU. For instance, the Ryzen 9 9950X may perform better in other tasks such as gaming, video editing, or other CPU-intensive tasks.

While the Blender benchmark results are somewhat disappointing, it's too early to make a definitive judgment on AMD's new Zen 5 flagship. We'll need to see more benchmark results and real-world testing data before we can fully assess the Ryzen 9 9950X's capabilities.

In the meantime, it's clear that AMD still has some work to do to optimize the Zen 5 architecture and get the most out of its flagship CPU. But if the company's track record is anything to go by, we can expect some significant improvements in the final product.

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