1. AMD's next-gen Ryzen 9 9950X, based on Zen 5 architecture, was tested in AIDA64 with DDR5-8000 memory, showing up to 45% performance improvement over the Zen 4-based Ryzen 9 7950X. 2. The 9950X features 16 cores, 32 threads, and a boost clock of up to 5.7GHz, matching the 7950X. 3. Benchmarks in AES, FP32, and FP64 workloads demonstrate significant performance gains for the 9950X over both the 7950X and Intel's Core i9-13900K.