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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD's Zen 5 flagship desktop CPU, 16 cores / 32 threads.
Specifications
- Cores/Threads
- 16 cores / 32 threads
- Boost clock
- up to 5.7 GHz
- Launch price (USD)
- 649 USD
- TDP
- 170W (230W max package power)
- Socket/Platform
- AM5
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