Ryzen 9 9900X vs Ryzen 5 9600X

Place in the ranking	313	109
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	51.85	66.91
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	27.61	27.26
Architecture codename	Granite Ridge (2024)	Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date	8 August 2024 (less than a year ago)	15 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 9 9900X has 29% better value for money than Ryzen 5 9600X.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 9 9900X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	12	24
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	4.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	5.4 GHz	5.6 GHz
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	32 MB (shared)	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	4 nm	4 nm
Die size	70.6 mm²	2x 70.6 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	8,315 million	16,630 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 9 9900X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM5	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 9 9900X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A	SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 9 9900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 9 9900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 9 9900X.

PCIe version	5.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	24	24

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 9600X 18.95

Ryzen 9 9900X 34.55
+82.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 9600X 30101

Ryzen 9 9900X 54883
+82.3%