CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. Photo: 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, background removed and resized.
AMD · priced at Newegg
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
16 cores · AM5100-100001277WOF
$539
Newegg: in stock, 25 Oct 2026 · listed price ↗
Key features
- 16 cores, 32 threads boosting to 5.7 GHz
- AM5 socket. Pick a board with the same socket in the builder.
- DDR5 UDIMM 2 channels, up to 256 GB
- 24 PCIe 5.0 lanes for a GPU and fast drives
- 170 W TDP: budget the cooler and the power supply for it
Goes with it
Motherboards that fit
CPU coolers that fit
$107.99
Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 A-RGB
$159.95
NH-D15 G2
Seller out of stock
$239.99
iCUE LINK H150i RGB
Memory that fit
Specifications
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
- Socket
- AM5
- Cores
- 16
- Threads
- 32
- Base clock
- 4.3 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5.7 GHz
- TDP
- 170 W
- Memory type
- DDR5 UDIMM
- Memory channels
- 2
- Max memory
- 256 GB
- PCIe lanes
- 24
- PCIe generation
- 5