AMD Ryzen 5000 Builders Thread

[B-Riz]

	Cores Threads	Base Freq	Turbo Freq	L3 Cache	TDP	MSRP
Ryzen 9 5950X	16c/32t	3400	4900	64 MB	105 W	$799
Ryzen 9 5900X	12c/24t	3700	4800	64 MB	105 W	$549
Ryzen 7 5800X	8c/16t	3800	4700	32 MB	105 W	$449
Ryzen 5 5600X	6c/12t	3700	4600	32 MB	65 W	$299

5600X comes with cooler, the rest do not.

above from https://www.anandtech.com/show/1614...en-3-on-nov-5th-19-ipc-claims-best-gaming-cpu

 

[gdansk]

Got a CB 2024 score of 527. CB R23 somehow got corrupted on my USB (maybe due to exFAT) and there is no official place to download it from (didn't think it would be this hard in 2025 to find a benchmark download. What is the world coming to???). Finally found it at cinebench.net which seems to be offering up archive.org links.

Virus scan done and score is 9567. Half of what it should be. Probably due to insufficient cooling (using a graphene pad)? The continuous downclocking must also be playing a part. Still, not horrible for a free CPU. Still crash free.

For fun run GB6. Here is before at 105W: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4873259
I can't find my eco score. Must not have been logged in.

 

[igor_kavinski]

adroc said in some thread here (most likely Zen 6 one) that all AMD CPUs have redundancy built-in. Instead of failing like Raptor Blow, I guess the CPU compensates for the degradation by downclocking. If this is true, this seems to be a more advanced technology than Intel's got. Yeah, the CPU has gotten slower but you can still do your work without showstopping issues and hence you can actually rely on your degraded CPU until you can replace it.

Also need to mention that when I had my first experience with Alder Lake (12400), I exclaimed that everything felt so fast and Markfw was unimpressed. I see now why. This 5900X seems just as snappy in normal usage. You could give this PC to someone poor suffering with an older CPU and they would thank you profusely after experiencing such performance. So AM4 topping the charts isn't a fluke. The user experience backs it up. Why go with a hot Alder Lake when you can get a simple, cooler running AM4 CPU.

 

[gdansk]

Instead of failing like Raptor Blow, I guess the CPU compensates for the degradation by downclocking

It could run benchmarks before I sent it. I was testing it using various benchmarks to test system stability after it did it a few times. Scores and clock rates were normal. And the lock ups were still usually days apart.
I understand wanting to keep it at half speed (stability) but to say it feels snappy is funny. There's no way Zen 3 at half speed feels snappy compared to... e.g. Zen 3 running at normal speed.

It's probably cooling, or VRMs, or ... somehow that lighter-than-air power supply.

 

[igor_kavinski]

There's no way Zen 3 at half speed feels snappy compared to... e.g. Zen 3 running at normal speed.

It doesn't downclock in normal use. Only after about 30 to 40 seconds of heavy multicore does it start the downclocking dance. Most of the times in Windows, it stays at 4.48 GHz.

 

[gdansk]

It doesn't downclock in normal use. Only after about 30 to 40 seconds of heavy multicore does it start the downclocking dance. Most of the times in Windows, it stays at 4.48 GHz.

And the temperature/frequency in multicore?

 

[igor_kavinski]

And the temperature/frequency in multicore?

Temperature I will check when I run OCCT or CoreTemp next time but frequency goes from 0.5 to 1.6 to 2.4 to 3.6 to 4.4 GHz. The CPU utilization graph has a consistent and continuous seesaw pattern.

 

[igor_kavinski]

And the lock ups were still usually days apart.

It would lock-up randomly or during some particular workloads?

 

[gdansk]

It would lock-up randomly or during some particular workloads?

"Randomly". I still suspect it was not random. But workloads didn't seem to speed it up.

 

[bba-tcg]

It could run benchmarks before I sent it. I was testing it using various benchmarks to test system stability after it did it a few times. Scores and clock rates were normal. And the lock ups were still usually days apart.
I understand wanting to keep it at half speed (stability) but to say it feels snappy is funny. There's no way Zen 3 at half speed feels snappy compared to... e.g. Zen 3 running at normal speed.

It's probably cooling, or VRMs, or ... somehow that lighter-than-air power supply.

Definitely this.

 

[igor_kavinski]

For fun run GB6. Here is before at 105W: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/4873259

DDR4-2133 https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/4873259?baseline=13905383

 

[igor_kavinski]

3733C26 https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/4873259?baseline=13907100

Previous was 2133C15.

This is how the CPU graph looks during multicore use:




Power varies from 55W to 112W. Temp stays stable under 74C during all core usage but during Geekbench ST tests, it briefly went as high as 78C.

 

[igor_kavinski]

y-cruncher stable

 

[igor_kavinski]

It booted at 4133C30 too!

Only affected PDF render MT test which gained 3% over 3733C26 but 20 secs got shaved off in Rapydmark High.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I have G.Skill DDR4-4100C19 (aka DAPUNISHER RAM )

I was wondering where that went lol.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

New (?) Ryzen 3 spotted in China:

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-3-5100-quad-core-finally-spotted-yet-another-am4-cpu

 

[igor_kavinski]

I was wondering where that went lol.

Running at DDR4-4133C20 now (painless!) and y-cruncher stable. I love 1DPC mobos, even dirt cheap ones!

 

[igor_kavinski]

Anyone with a 5950X or 5900XT? Your score would be helpful here: https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...rk-much-improved-with-recompiled-dll.2631914/