The 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X has been spotted in the Geekbench database, which suggests the CPU could overclock to 6GHz.
The two entries, spotted by Twitter tipster TUM_APISAK, shows the flagship Zen 3 CPU running in an "iMac Pro," an unusual overclocking environment. However, as noted by Wccftech, it’s likely a Hackintosh setup booted up with macOS 10.15.7, rather then an actual iMac Pro.
macOSRyzen 9 3900X @ 5.89 GHz AMD Eng Sample: 100-000000059 @ 6.02 GHz https://t.co/6W60FBLH7C pic.twitter.com/B2xYMNJRC1October 16, 2020
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However, it’s unlikely the Zen 3 processor will overclock to such frequencies for the average user. It's likely that this clock speed was achieved using advanced cooling – if if was in fact achieved at all.
When it comes to the performance benchmark, the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X running at 6GHz scored 2,024 points in single and 17,448 points in multi-threaded tests. By comparison, the Intel Core i9-10900K scored 1,412 and 11,095 in the same tests, respectively.
A Ryzen 9 3900X processor was also spotted running at 5.88GHz in a macOS environment, and scored 1,696 and 15,830 points in the single and multi-threaded tests, respectively.
Benchmarks compiled by Harukaze5719 also show that, based on these leaked scores, AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is around 10% faster than the 12-core Ryzen 3900X, and around 20% faster in single-threaded tests.
AMD’s Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs will be launching on November 5. The 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X, will retail for $799 (around £620, AU$1,100), while the 12-core, 24-thread AMD Ryzen 9 3900X will fetch $499 (about £390, AU$720)
