AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16 Core CPU Review – Revisiting Zen 4 on ASRock’s X670E Taichi & Gigabyte’s X670E AORUS Xtreme

AMD’s Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs utilize a brand new Zen 4 core architecture that is built on the 5nm process node as such, these chips are designed to be extremely efficient.

Power Consumption (Stock) Stress Test
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

385
110
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

380
112
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

366
110
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

370
108
Power Consumption (Stock) Gaming Test
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

115
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

114
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

110
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

110
Power Consumption Overclocked
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

483
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

480
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

492
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

450