AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. 9800X3D, 285K, 9950X, & More

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Sponsor: Montech HyperFlow 360 Cooler on Amazon https://geni.us/dWBIbF6 AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU launches on March 12, 2025 with an MSRP of $700, accompanied by the 9900X3D at $600 MSRP. We're reviewing and benchmarking the AMD 9950X3D CPU vs. alternatives, like the 9800X3D, Intel 285K (lol), 14900K, and base 9950X. Testing includes benchmarks in gaming and production, such as file compression, decompression, Blender CPU rendering, Adobe Premiere, and more. We also look briefly at power consumption and efficiency of the 9950X3D Zen 5 CPU for AM5 boards. Our team has prepared a number of videos to go up over the next few weeks, but we're taking a production break now that we're through all the major component reviews for the past few weeks, so we'll likely skip the 9900X3D review (but may add it to charts at some point). Watch our 9800X3D review for more of the basics of these CPUs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-lFgbzU3LY And our original 9800X3D coverage for more of the architecture and specs information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amQOwllDXWE Living test bench doc: https://gamersnexus.net/features/living-doc-current-test-bench-hardware-list-methodologies The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD R9 9950X3D on Amazon: https://geni.us/3jtKVH AMD R7 9800X3D on Amazon: https://geni.us/CJNcu4 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D on Amazon: https://geni.us/8YGIb Intel 265K on Amazon: https://geni.us/sGu8f Intel Ultra 5 245K on Amazon: https://geni.us/2dAyEN Intel Ultra 9 285K on Amazon: https://geni.us/83NRGO AMD Ryzen 9 9950X on Amazon: https://geni.us/GkQrF9s Intel i7-14700K on Amazon: https://geni.us/GRUi8Ua TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review 03:25 - AMD R9 9950X3D CPU Specs vs 9950X 05:49 - Testing Basics and Expectations 07:57 - Frequency Validation: Blender All-Core 09:00 - Frequency Validation: Cinebench 1T 09:29 - Baldur's Gate 3 CPU Benchmarks 11:00 - Stellaris Simulation Time Benchmark 12:07 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Best CPUs 13:35 - FFXIV Dawntrail 9950X3D vs 9800X3D 15:08 - FFXIV 1440p Benchmarks 15:48 - Starfield CPU Comparison 2025 16:55 - Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty CPU Benchmarks 17:36 - F1 24 1080p 18:14 - F1 24 1440p 18:34 - Blender CPU Rendering Benchmarks 20:00 - Chromium Code Compile Test 20:47 - File Compression Benchmarks 21:41 - File Decompression 2025 CPU Benchmarks 22:13 - Adobe Premiere CPU Comparison 23:00 - Power and Efficiency: Starfield 24:01 - Power and Efficiency: 7-Zip Compression 24:52 - Power and Efficiency: 7-Zip Decompression 25:10 - Conclusion ** 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: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Test Lead, Writing Patrick Lathan: Testing Mike Gaglione: Testing Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing, Camera