A previous Zen 3 flagship desktop CPU from AMD before the arrival of its updated big brother processor from the AMD stable, specifically the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and 7950X3D . AMD's Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 5950X was a fantastic mix of gaming performance combined with the ability to smash through productivity tasks and multi-threaded performance duties. Holding its value pretty well, sales on the Ryzen 9 5950X haven't been that common compared to other CPUs, but that's recently changed with this CPU dropping to a new low on Amazon.
The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X processor has fallen to a new low of just $399 on Amazon, a drop of almost $50 compared to recent prices and checked against the Camelizer price comparison tool. If you're running an AM4 system and want to upgrade your CPU to something more task-oriented than just gaming, this could be the CPU choice for you. Or if you're able to pick up a cheap X570 motherboard for example, this could be the start of a cheaper yet still powerful work/gaming computer.
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: now $399 at Amazon (was $446)
This is a new low price on Amazon for the Ryzen 9 5950X. AMD's flagship Zen 3 CPU comes with 16 cores and 32 threads and core clock speeds up to 4.9GHz. This AM4 socket chip also has 64MB of L3 cache and a TDP of 105W.
The Ryzen 9 5950X might not be topping the CPU benchmark lists anymore but it remains on a lot of them. If you take a look at our CPU hierarchy you can still see the CPU ranking highly in multi-threaded performance especially. So it might not be the best CPU for gaming , but it is especially adept at productivity tasks due to its 16 cores and 32 threads, solid multi-threaded performance, a base clock of 3.4 GHz, and maximum boost frequency of 4.9 GHz. Surprisingly this processor has a relatively low TDP of just 105 watts despite its performance.
