9950X - Studio Driver 560.81
7950x3D - Studio Driver 561.09

Side Note:
- 9950X is running RTX 4090 at underclocked and undervolted scenario here to test and minimize 0.1% drops. RTX 4090 set at 2700mhz and 0.985v.
- 7950x3D is running RTX 4090 stock, that can clock up to 2835mhz. Stock voltage.
-Studio Driver 561.09 is a better driver based on stats even on 7950x3D examples, so the test is arguably the same for both CPUs here. Which is highly impressive for 9950X on Windows 11 24H2 revision.
- Right now the best NVIDIA drivers for 7950x3D on Win 11 24H2:
1. 561.09 Studio Driver - Current Best
2. 560.94 Game Ready - 2nd Best
3. 560.81 Studio Driver - 3rd Best


You can see 7950x3D maintains higher GPU usage at all times.
9950X has better mouse response, that seems more fluid and responsive. This is a trend for 9950X being better in response due to higher IPC/Single Core and better Multi-Threading. I spoke about this responsiveness for couple of months now. It is there on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

At times when GPU usage drops on 9950X, 9950X can retain the FPS averages that tells me that the CPU is much stronger in IPC compared to 7000 Ryzen, and is able to take the toll off the GPU when it happens.

9950X feels better more responsive in games and it goes for many titles, including Ground Branch and Red Dead Redemption. My theory is that it downlocks less often than 7950x3D.

Windows 11 24H2 improved 7950x3D and 9950X, but 0.1% Lows are still struggling on Windows 11 (as before). Windows 10 has better 0.1% lows, but worse 1% Lows and worse averages (by as much as 80 fps on average less) compared to Windows 11 24H2

9950X is much-much-much-MUCH better than people make it out to be, it is matching 7950x3D in many scenarios, it can lose in some scenarios, and win in some cases.

If I was given 2 CPUs and I was told just to watch the FPS, I would be hard pressed to tell the difference. The only way I would be able to tell if I was watching GPU usage, as 24H2 really boosted 7950x3D averages as well. But, on the surface level you would swear it is the same CPU.

Great job to AMD for pulling a patch of the history for 9950X, by increasing GPU usage by as much as 35% from Windows 10, and by about 35-40% compared to previous Windows 11 revision.

This is a special moment for both CPUs here, where Windows 10 is being surpassed in averages and 1% lows. Now to fix the 0.1% and it will be amazing too.

Frame to frame latency got better on both CPUs, and it can go to as much as 0.6ms, which is UNHEARD of for me, considering I watched graphs for years, with best of the best being 13900k and frame to frame of around 2.5 in best case scenario.

7950x3D set up:
Windows 11 Pro: 24H2
7950x3D Stock
8 Cores selected for the game (Ready or Not): CCD0
Hyperthreading for 8 cores disabled through Process Lasso: CCD0
Non-3D cores turned OFF for the game: CCD1
BIOS: Preferred Frequency
Xbox Game Bar: OFF
Game Mode: OFF
RTX 4090 - Stock (Frequency and Voltages)
NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 561.09
Asrock X670E Taichi
(BIOS Revision 3.09, privately released BIOS, not for public release yet)
BIOS: Load Line SOC/VCore Level 1
1.25v SOC set in BIOS. Drawing actual 1.245 volts on SOC [in HWInfo64]
64 GB CL30 6000mhz

9950X set up:
Windows 11 Pro: 24H2
9950X stock
8 Cores selected for the game (Ready or Not)
Hyperthreading for 8 cores disabled through Process Lasso
RTX 4090 [2700mhz, 0.985v]
NVIDIA Studio Driver 560.81
Asrock X670E Taichi
(BIOS Revision 3.09, privately released BIOS, not for public release yet)
BIOS: Load Line SOC/VCore Level 1
1.25v SOC set in BIOS. Drawing actual 1.245 volts on SOC [in HWInfo64]
64 GB CL30 6000mhz

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