AMD Ryzen 5 9600X “Zen 5” CPU Doubles The L1 & L2 Cache Bandwidth Versus Ryzen 5 7600X “Zen 4” In AIDA64 Benchmark Leak

AMD's next-generation Ryzen 5 9600X CPU based on the Zen 5 core architecture has been tested in AIDA64, showcasing strong cache uplifts.

AMD Zen 5-Powered Ryzen 5 9600X CPU Shows Promising 2x L1 & L2 Cache Bandwidth Gains In AIDA64 Benchmark Versus Zen 4

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is the most entry-level Desktop CPU in the Ryzen 9000 lineup and features the same Zen 5 core architecture as the rest of the Granite Ridge family. In terms of specs, the chip offers 6 cores, 12 threads, a base clock of 3.9 GHz, and a boost clock of 5.4 GHz. The chip features a 384 KB L1, 6 MB L2, and 32 MB L3 cache and houses just one CCD with 2 cores disabled.

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The CPU is clocked much lower in terms of base clock versus its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 7600X, a different of 800 MHz but the boost clock is 100 MHz higher. This is to accommodate the chip within the 65W TDP budget which is lower than the 105W TDP of its predecessor. On a high level, the CPU looks a lot like the Ryzen 5 7600X but it carries the Zen 5 architecture and that difference is evident in the newly leaked benchmarks.

Spotted by HXL (@9550pro), the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X was tested in the AIDA64 Cache and Memory benchmark. This chip looks to be an engineering sample so final performance may vary. In the test, the CPU scored some huge gains over the Ryzen 5 7600X regarding L1 and L2 bandwidth & which confirms what AMD had pointed out about its new Zen 5 core architecture. The gains are listed below:

L1 Cache Bandwidth in GB/s (Read / Write / Copy / Latency):

• Ryzen 5 9600X (ES): 3756.4 / 1884.4 / 3755.9 / 0.8ns
• Ryzen 5 7600X: 2029.6 / 1026.9 / 2048.1 / 0.7ns

L2 Cache Bandwidth in GB/s (Read / Write / Copy / Latency):

• Ryzen 5 9600X (ES): 1874.6 / 1795.1 / 1859.7 / 2.8ns
• Ryzen 5 7600X: 1028.5 / 1017.0 / 1017.6 / 2.6ns

L3 Cache Bandwidth in GB/s (Read / Write / Copy / Latency):

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