{"as_of":"2026-10-12","license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","cite_as":"The Local Bench (thelocalbench.com), data as of 2026-10-12, CC BY 4.0","source_url":"https://thelocalbench.com","hardware":{"id":"cpu-ryzen-9-9950x-128g","name":"CPU only · Ryzen 9 9950X + 128 GB DDR5","vendor":"AMD","class":"CPU reference","kind":"cpu","as_of":"2026-10-12","summary":"The no-GPU baseline: dual-channel DDR5 at 89.6 GB/s. Fine for MoE, slow for dense.","memory_gb":{"value":128,"flag":"sourced","unit":"GB","source":"https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html","note":"Build configuration (2 × 64 GB); amd.com lists 256 GB max, 2 channels."},"bandwidth_gbs":{"value":89.6,"flag":"sourced","unit":"GB/s","source":"https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html","note":"2 channels × DDR5-5600 (amd.com max supported speed for 2 DIMMs) × 8 bytes = 89.6 GB/s (derived from vendor figures)."},"fp16_tflops":{"value":2.5,"flag":"sample","unit":"TFLOPS","note":"Sample FP16 dense compute; pending vendor-sheet citation."},"host_ram_gb":{"value":0,"flag":"sample","unit":"GB","note":"Assumed host RAM for offload."},"host_bandwidth_gbs":{"value":89.6,"flag":"sourced","unit":"GB/s","source":"https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html","note":"Same as system memory."},"load_watts":{"value":200,"flag":"sample","unit":"W","note":"Sample wall power under load."},"tdp_w":{"value":170,"flag":"sourced","unit":"W","source":"https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/9000-series/amd-ryzen-9-9950x.html","note":"Default TDP, amd.com."},"price_usd":{"value":1400,"flag":"sample","unit":"USD","note":"Sample price."},"price_cad":{"value":1997.94,"flag":"sample","unit":"CAD","source":"https://www.bankofcanada.ca/valet/observations/FXUSDCAD/json?recent=1","note":"USD price × 1.4271 (Bank of Canada USD/CAD, 2026-10-09); no Canadian retail listing captured. Converted from a sample USD value."}},"runs":[]}