It’s all the time thrilling when new tech is about to be launched, and loads of particulars about AMD’s new Zen 5 CPUs have already leaked out forward of time. Within the case of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, it now has the excellence of being reportedly “discovered” on a airplane, main to photographs then being shared on-line, however we’ve debunked this rumor.
Headlining the brand new AMD Zen 5 vary of CPUs, the 9950X has likelihood of touchdown a spot on our listing of one of the best gaming CPUs, a minimum of till the Ryzen 9000 X3D strains are launched, which must be later this yr.
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This “discovered” CPU was proven off by The Full Nerd podcast host Adam Patrick Murray, to the disbelief of present friends Kyle “Bitwit” Hansen and Paul’s {Hardware}. It’s claimed that the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, alongside a delidded CPU and Strix laptop computer CPU, had been all conveniently discovered on a airplane inside a small, laborious, black carry case.
I, like Bitwit, am skeptical about this declare. The serial quantity on the CPU displayed within the video is strictly the identical because the one on the CPU proven within the prime picture from PC World’s story concerning the Zen 5 launch at Computex, again in June. Funnily sufficient, that picture can also be credited to Adam Murray, and PC World runs The Full Nerd podcast. In some way we doubt this CPU was discovered on a airplane, however a Ryzen 9 9950X is clearly out within the wild.
Elsewhere, X person @9550pro posted a photograph of three out of the 4 upcoming AMD Ryzen CPUs, stating that “Reviewer has most likely already acquired the Zen 5”. Funnily sufficient, the one CPU lacking from the picture they took, was the Ryzen 9 9950X.
In the meantime, reported benchmarks of this new CPU have additionally began showing on-line. In reality, the leaked AMD Ryzen 9 9950X benchmarks particularly present that this newest chip is ready to outperform the Intel Core i9 14900K when it comes to effectivity, even when its energy is restricted.
For extra on AMD’s newest CPU lineup, you possibly can learn all about how they’re anticipated to carry out, because the Geekbench outcomes browser now reveals outcomes for Ryzen 9000 benchmarks throughout all the brand new desktop CPUs.
