
The peak clock speed of the Ryzen 9 9950X at 60W Package Power Tracking (PPT) is 4,084 MHz. This result was achieved using a water-cooling setup. It's important to note that the chip used in this test is an engineering sample, which may have slightly lower clock limits than the retail version.

The Ryzen 9 9950X's 253W PPT overclock achieves a 5.5 GHz static frequency across all cores, outperforming Intel's Core i9 CPUs1. It maintains peak temperatures of 61C and demonstrates up to a 40% improvement over the Core i9-14900K. This showcases AMD's efficiency and performance in the high-end CPU market.