I have the laptop version 9955HX3D (which I believe is a 9950 with 2.5ghz base, 5.5 boost, and lower TDP) in a Legion Pro 7 and it's a fantastic chip for a computer that I can move around. 16 full cores in a laptop is a luxury and 64gb of ram has proven to be a wise choice prior to price spikes
Let's not discuss battery life and overall size, however it helps the thermals.
I do a lot of CPU bound engineering and scientific compute on the computer and it chews through it.
I also bought the entire computer for $2500+tax new from Microcenter in December and it's appreciated 25% in value since then.
tiffanyh · · focus · HN ↗
It has the highest base clock of any modern AMD chip (4.3 GHz), plus 16-cores, which is already more than most workloads need.
Can’t wait to see what Zen 6 brings early next year. Rumors say 24-cores and another big jump in single-core performance.
kphorn · · focus · HN ↗
Let's not discuss battery life and overall size, however it helps the thermals.
I do a lot of CPU bound engineering and scientific compute on the computer and it chews through it.
I also bought the entire computer for $2500+tax new from Microcenter in December and it's appreciated 25% in value since then.