Which AMD Cpu - 7950x vs 9900x vs 9950x vs ???

[andy85wsm]

just look at any x3d vs its base cpu. its markedly better in certain games, its markedly more expensive.
its only better in games in the sense of 200 vs 150 fps, since the base 9950x is already going to be pushing some very high frames out, and unless at 1080p you're likely to be gpu limited on anything modern/RT.
what are you streaming normally, an intensive workload, something that benefits from 3d vcache or not?

Nah, not all that intensive, just OBS to YouTube/Twitch.

I'm putting together a 5080 build.

I think 9950x might be fine for me, I really don't play all that many games on PC and I suspect a 9950x and 5080 will be fine for my needs.

Although if it's only £100 or so more expensive maybe it's worth it...

Had a 7950X for ~2 years and its been great. I run it using ECO 65W as I don't need maximum full load speed most of the time, just use lots of threads. If I was buying now, it would depend on price between the 9950X and 7950X. Just had a look and it seems to be ~£100 price difference, If you use AVX512 it could be worth the extra £100.

I have no idea what that is so I'll assume I don't use it

Still, nice to get the better option if possible I guess, although not much difference in performance if I can afford the 9950x vs 7950 I should probably just get it.