AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Specifications and Performance Analysis

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is based on the Granite Ridge architecture and is manufactured using the 4 nm process at the TSMC foundry. It is compatible with the AM5 socket used by X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620 chipsets and supports PCIe Gen 5, 24 Lanes (CPU only), as well as DDR5 memory with speeds of up to 5600 MT/s across Dual-channel memory. This processor features 6 cores operating at a base clock of 3.90 GHz and a boost clock of up to 5.40 GHz, for a total of 12 threads. It is equipped with 80 kB of L1 cache, 1024 kB of L2 cache, and 32 MB of L3 cache.

This CPU is designed for a mainstream desktop platform. It supports consumer-grade memory configurations and modern expansion standards, making it suitable for everyday computing, gaming, and productivity workloads.

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X has a low base TDP of 65 W and a maximum TDP of 88 W. Stock CPU coolers are generally adequate as long as overclocking is not applied. It is a good fit for compact systems where heat dissipation is a concern.

For users who require integrated graphics, this CPU includes the Radeon Graphics, which features 2 GPU cores. It operates at a base clock of 400.00 GHz and boosts up to 2200.00 GHz. This makes it suitable for systems without a dedicated GPU, capable of handling everyday tasks and running older or less demanding games. Integrated graphics can also accelerate specific workloads even when a discrete GPU is installed.

Application Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is an entry-level CPU, achieving a relative application performance score of 43.69% of the best possible desktop CPU performance. This CPU handles daily computing, coding, light gaming, productivity, and basic multitasking. Not recommended for heavy workloads or professional-grade applications.

In terms of productivity value, AMD Ryzen 5 9600X offers excellent performance per dollar, achieving 70.8% efficiency relative to the best possible CPU in the application performance-per-price category. It is an excellent choice for cost-effective computing.

Gaming Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a strong gaming CPU, achieving a relative gaming performance score at 1080p resolution of 80.39% compared to the best possible desktop CPU gaming performance. This CPU This CPU delivers excellent gaming performance, especially at higher resolutions where the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck. It is recommended for users who work on their computers but also engage in occasional or regular gaming.

For gamers, AMD Ryzen 5 9600X offers exceptional value, scoring 85.6% in gaming performance per dollar. It's ideal for budget-conscious gamers looking to pair this CPU with a cost-effective graphics card without significantly sacrificing performance.

General Information

CPU Name	AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Release Price	$279.00
Current Price on Amazon	$185
Amazon Price Updated	3 hours, 41 minutes ago.
Launch Date	1 year, 11 months ago.
CPU Available	True

Architecture

Architecture	Granite Ridge
Foundry	TSMC
Process	4 nm
Socket	AM5
Chipsets	X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620
Transistors	8315 million
Die Size	70.6 mm²
PCIe Version	Gen 5, 24 Lanes (CPU only)

Core Configuration

Cores / Threads	6 / 12
Base / Boost Clock	3.90 GHz / 5.40 GHz

RAM Support

Memory Support / Max Speed	DDR5 / 5600 MT/s
Memory Bandwidth	89.6 GB/s
Memory Channels	Dual-channel
ECC Support	True

Cache Configuration

L1 Cache (per core)	80 kB
L2 Cache (per core)	1024 kB
L3 Cache (shared)	32 MB

TDP Configuration

Base TDP	65 W
Max Turbo Power	88 W

Integrated Graphics

Integrated Graphics	True
GPU Name	Radeon Graphics
GPU Cores	2
GPU Base / Boost Clock	400.00 GHz / 2200.00 GHz

Cinebench R24 Performance

Cinebench R24 Multi-core	976
Cinebench R24 Single-core	133

CPU Normalized Performance Chart

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Compared to Similar Performance CPUs

CPU Price / Performance Table

CPU (Desc) CPU Name Sorts CPUs alphabetically. Click to change order (ascending/descending).	Price (Desc) Price (Amazon) Sorts CPUs by their current Amazon price. Click to toggle ascending/descending.	Performance (Desc) General Performance Based on multi-purpose workloads like rendering, encoding and compression. Click to sort.	Game_Perf (Desc) Gaming Performance (1080p) Measures relative gaming performance in modern games at 1080p. Click to sort by gaming power.	Combined (Desc) Combined Performance Average of general and gaming performance. Use for balanced evaluation. Click to sort.	Perf/Price (Desc) Performance per Dollar Shows how much performance you get for the price. Higher is better. Click to sort.	Game/Price (Desc) Gaming per Dollar Game performance divided by current price. Click to find best gaming deals.	Combined/Price (Desc) Combined per Dollar Overall value score (performance and gaming) per dollar spent. Click to find best overall CPU deals.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$349 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Price Change No significant price change detected.	47.1%	89.1%	68.1%	40.5%	50.3%	48.8%
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$405 Intel Core i5-13500 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↑ 44.7% Intel Core i5-13500 Price Change Price increased from the last update.	45.6%	73.0%	59.3%	33.8%	35.5%	36.6%
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 8700G View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$266 AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Price Change No significant price change detected.	45.2%	63.7%	54.4%	51.0%	47.1%	51.2%
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F AMD Ryzen 7 8700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$180 AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↓ -14.3% AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Price Change Price decreased from the last update.	45.1%	63.5%	54.3%	75.2%	69.5%	75.5%
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X AMD Ryzen 5 9600X View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$185 AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Price Change No significant price change detected.	43.7%	80.4%	62.0%	70.8%	85.6%	83.8%
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Intel Core Ultra 5 225F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$165 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↑ 0.1% Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Price Change Price increased from the last update.	43.4%	72.6%	58.0%	79.2%	86.9%	88.2%
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 5 225 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$179 Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Price Change No significant price change detected.	43.4%	72.6%	58.0%	73.0%	80.1%	81.3%
Intel Core i7-12700F Intel Core i7-12700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$327 Intel Core i7-12700F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↓ -2.7% Intel Core i7-12700F Price Change Price decreased from the last update.	43.0%	72.7%	57.9%	39.5%	43.9%	44.3%
Intel Core i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	$448 Intel Core i7-12700 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↓ -0.3% Intel Core i7-12700 Price Change Price decreased from the last update.	43.0%	72.7%	57.9%	28.8%	32.0%	32.3%

Processor Comparison and Detail Specifications Table

Specification	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 8700G View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F AMD Ryzen 7 8700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	AMD Ryzen 5 9600X AMD Ryzen 5 9600X View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Intel Core Ultra 5 225F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 5 225 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core i7-12700F Intel Core i7-12700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	Intel Core i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.
Perf Chart
Price	$349 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Price Change No significant price change detected.	$405 Intel Core i5-13500 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↑ 44.7% Intel Core i5-13500 Price Change Price increased from the last update.	$266 AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Price Change No significant price change detected.	$180 AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↓ -14.3% AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Price Change Price decreased from the last update.	$185 AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Price Change No significant price change detected.	$165 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↑ 0.1% Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Price Change Price increased from the last update.	$179 Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| 0.0% Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Price Change No significant price change detected.	$327 Intel Core i7-12700F Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↓ -2.7% Intel Core i7-12700F Price Change Price decreased from the last update.	$448 Intel Core i7-12700 Current Amazon Price Click to view this CPU on Amazon. \| ↓ -0.3% Intel Core i7-12700 Price Change Price decreased from the last update.
Manufacturer	AMD	Intel	AMD	AMD	AMD	Intel	Intel	Intel	Intel
C/SC/T	8 / 0 / 16	14 / 8 / 20	8 / 0 / 16	8 / 0 / 16	6 / 0 / 12	10 / 4 / 10	10 / 4 / 10	12 / 4 / 20	12 / 4 / 20
L2 / L3 Cache	1024.0 kB / 96.0 MB	1280.0 kB / 24.0 MB	1024.0 kB / 16.0 MB	1024.0 kB / 16.0 MB	1024.0 kB / 32.0 MB	3072.0 kB / 20.0 MB	3072.0 kB / 20.0 MB	1280.0 kB / 25.0 MB	1280.0 kB / 25.0 MB
Base / Boost	4.20 GHz / 5.00 GHz	2.50 GHz / 4.80 GHz	4.20 GHz / 5.10 GHz	4.10 GHz / 5.00 GHz	3.90 GHz / 5.40 GHz	3.30 GHz / 4.90 GHz	3.30 GHz / 4.90 GHz	2.10 GHz / 4.90 GHz	2.10 GHz / 4.90 GHz
Memory	DDR5 / 5200 MT/s	DDR4, DDR5 / 4800 MT/s	DDR5 / 5200 MT/s	DDR5 / 5200 MT/s	DDR5 / 5600 MT/s	DDR5 / 6400 MT/s	DDR5 / 6400 MT/s	DDR4, DDR5 / 4800 MT/s	DDR4, DDR5 / 4800 MT/s
Arch / Node	Raphael / 5 nm	Raptor Lake-S / 10 nm	Phoenix / 4 nm	Phoenix / 4 nm	Granite Ridge / 4 nm	Arrow Lake-S / 3 nm	Arrow Lake-S / 3 nm	Alder Lake-S / 10 nm	Alder Lake-S / 10 nm
TDP / Max	120 W / 162 W	65 W / 154 W	65 W / 61 W	65 W / 61 W	65 W / 88 W	65 W / 121 W	65 W / 121 W	65 W / 180 W	65 W / 180 W
Socket	AM5	LGA 1700	AM5	AM5	AM5	LGA 1851	LGA 1851	LGA 1700	LGA 1700
Int. GPU	Radeon Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	Radeon 780M	None	Radeon Graphics	None	Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 16EU	None	UHD Graphics 770

CPU Performance in Rendering, Encoding and Compression-Decompression

CPU (Desc) CPU Name Click to sort alphabetically (ascending or descending).	CB24_MC (Desc) Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core Measured score (higher is better) from CB24 multi-core benchmark.	CB24_SC (Desc) Cinebench 2024 Single-Core Measured score (higher is better) from CB24 single-core benchmark.	CB24_rel (Desc) Cinebench 2024 Relative Normalized score relative to a reference CPU (100% baseline).	Blender (Desc) Blender Rendering (Relative) Normalized score based on rendering performance in Blender.	Encoding_AV1 (Desc) AV1 Encoding (Relative) Relative encoding performance for AV1 video codec.	Encoding_h265 (Desc) H.265 Encoding (Relative) Relative encoding performance for H.265/HEVC codec.	7-zip_Pack (Desc) 7-Zip Compression Relative speed for compressing files using 7-Zip.	7-zip_Unpack (Desc) 7-Zip Decompression Relative speed for unpacking files using 7-Zip.	Performance (Desc) Total Performance Index Average across all benchmarks.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1109	110	43.9%	39.8%	57.0%	46.1%	50.9%	44.9%	47.1%
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1100	112	43.5%	41.9%	53.4%	53.6%	45.0%	36.1%	45.6%
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 8700G View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	995	105	39.4%	36.4%	53.4%	48.0%	50.5%	43.5%	45.2%
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F AMD Ryzen 7 8700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	986	104	39.0%	36.6%	54.0%	47.9%	50.0%	43.2%	45.1%
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X AMD Ryzen 5 9600X View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	976	133	38.6%	37.6%	60.0%	46.1%	43.2%	36.7%	43.7%
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Intel Core Ultra 5 225F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	950	126	37.6%	39.7%	58.0%	45.8%	45.5%	34.0%	43.4%
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 5 225 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	950	126	37.6%	39.7%	58.0%	45.8%	45.5%	34.0%	43.4%
Intel Core i7-12700F Intel Core i7-12700F View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1004	110	39.7%	38.5%	51.1%	51.0%	44.6%	33.3%	43.0%
Intel Core i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700 View detailed specs, benchmarks, charts, and comparison for this CPU.	1004	110	39.7%	38.5%	51.1%	51.0%	44.6%	33.3%	43.0%