AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core “Zen 5” Desktop CPU Performance Leaks Out Too, Clocks Up To 5.5 GHz & 14% Faster Than 7600X

AMD's Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core "Zen 5" Desktop CPU has leaked too with an impressive 5.5 GHz clock speed & 14% increase in performance versus 7600X.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core Entry-Level Zen 5 Desktop CPU Retains Faster Single-Core Performance Versus Intel Core i9-14900K

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X "100-000001405" CPU features 6 cores and 12 threads. This chip has a base clock of 3.9 GHz maximum boost clock of up to 5.40 GHz and packs 38 MB cache and the same 65W TDP. Only the AMD Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 CPUs see a clock bump over their predecessor while the Ryzen 9 chips retain the same clock speeds.

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The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X sees a 100 MHz boost clock improvement over its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7600X but comes with a lower base clock of -800 MHz. In this particular benchmark, the chip was seen running at up to 5.5 GHz clock speeds which is a 100 MHz improvement over its official boost clocks and points out the use of PBO tuning. The chip was equipped on an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO motherboard with 32 GB of DDR5-6000 memory. The same configuration has been used to test the Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 7 9700X.

In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core "Zen 5" Desktop CPU scored 3284 points in the single-core and 14,594 points in the multi-core tests at Geekbench 6. This is 15% faster CPU performance in single-core and a 14% uplift in multi-core scores which is very decent given that this is another 65W chip that we are looking at. The single-core score once again sits ahead of the Intel Core i9-14900KS in this particular benchmark.

Geekbench 6 ST Performance (Higher is Better)

Single-Core 070014002100280035004200 070014002100280035004200 Ryzen 9 9900X 3401 Ryzen 7 9700X 3312 Ryzen 5 9600X 3284 Core i9-14900KS 3189 Core i9-14900K 3088 Core i9-13900K 2982 Core i9-14900 2945 Core i7-14700K 2945 Ryzen 9 7950X 2941 Ryzen 9 7900X 2925 Ryzen 7