Ryzen 9 7950X
AMD desktop processor · Ryzen 7000 series · launched September 2022
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Ryzen 9 7950X launched at $699 in 2022. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $790 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 13% rise over 4 years. At its launch price that is 77 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2022 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 541 (middle half of runs 520–566) across 2,678 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #5 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #1 of 13 in the Ryzen 7000 series.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Ryzen 7000 series |
| Launched | September 2022 |
| Launch price | $699 |
| Socket | AM5 |
| Cores / threads | 16 / 32 |
| Base clock | 4.5 GHz |
| Boost clock | 5.7 GHz |
| L3 cache | 64 MB |
| Rated power | 170 W (TDP) |
| Tier | 9-series |
The AMD 9-series over time
AMD desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 3900X | 2019 | $499 | $646 | 263 |
| Ryzen 9 3950X | 2019 | $749 | $969 | 344 |
| Ryzen 9 3900XT | 2020 | $499 | $638 | 258 |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | 2020 | $549 | $702 | 296 |
| Ryzen 9 5950X | 2020 | $799 | $1,021 | 384 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | 2022 | $549 | $621 | 402 |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | 2022 | $699 | $790 | 541 |
| Ryzen 9 7900 | 2023 | $429 | $466 | 401 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 2023 | $599 | $651 | 391 |
| Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 2023 | $699 | $759 | 528 |
| Ryzen 9 5900XT | 2024 | $349 | $368 | 365 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | 2024 | $499 | $526 | 470 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | 2024 | $649 | $685 | 611 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 2025 | $599 | $616 | 473 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 2025 | $699 | $718 | 643 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition | 2026 | $899 | $899 | — |
Compare with
- Ryzen 9 7900X · 2022 · $549 · 402
- Ryzen 9 7900X3D · 2023 · $599 · 391
- Ryzen 9 7950X3D · 2023 · $699 · 528
- Core i9 12900KS · 2022 · $739 · 356
- Core i9 13900K · 2022 · $589 · 488
- Core i9 13900KF · 2022 · $564 · 484
- Core i7 14700K · 2023 · $409 · 442
- Core i7 14700KF · 2023 · $384 · 442
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