Ryzen 9950x

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Cardoso
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Ryzen 9950x

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Hi,
did you guys find any chess benchmarks on the Ryzen 9950x?
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Cardoso wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:12 pm Hi,
did you guys find any chess benchmarks on the Ryzen 9950x?
It should be good enough for chess:
https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_c ... en_9_9950x

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_c ... en_9_9950x
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Intel N200 with 4 cores at 3,7 Ghz makes Stockfish practically unbeaten. TDP 6 W.
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You get more-or-less the same chart from Geekbench:

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Conclusion: if you're choosing a CPU based on how well it will play chess, then there's no need to wait for a chess benchmark: the Geekbench benchmarks are more than a good enough proxy for the chess benchmark - and they're usually available on day 1.
Human chess is partly about tactics and strategy, but mostly about memory