Price drop 7%
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-core AMD Socket AM5
Cores 6
Threads 12
Boost Clock 5400 MHz
L3 Cache 32 MB
TDP 65 W
Socket AMD Socket AM5
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics
94 Overall Score
Price £148
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong single thread (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong efficiency (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong platform (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Brand | AMD |
| Series | Ryzen 5 |
| Model | 9600X |
| Codename | Granite Ridge |
| Class | desktop |
| Process | 4 |
Cores & Clocks
| Cores | 6 |
| P-cores | 6 |
| Threads | 12 |
| Base Clock | 3900 |
| Boost Clock | 5400 |
Cache
| L2 Cache | 6 |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB |
Performance
| PassMark Multi | 30017 |
| PassMark Single | 4569 |
Memory
| Memory Type | DDR5 |
| Max Speed | 5600 |
| Channels | 2 |
| Max Memory | 192 |
| ECC | Yes |
Platform & Power
| Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
| PCIe | 5 |
| PCIe Lanes | 24 |
| TDP | 65 |
| Max Turbo Power | 88 |
| Unlocked | Yes |
Graphics & AI
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
vs Competition
| Spec | AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | G.Skill Trident Z Neo | MICRO CENTER 225FB860MEAGLEPL | Dell Xeon E5-2637 V2 | PC Server and Parts E5-2697 v2-cr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores | 6 | 20 | 6 | - | 32 | - |
| Threads | 12 | 20 | 12 | - | 64 | - |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 5400 | 5500 | 4200 | - | 3500 | - |
| L3 Cache Mb | 32 | 30 | 32 | - | 256 | - |
| Tdp W | 65 | 125 | 65 | - | 200 | - |
| Socket | AMD Socket AM5 | LGA1851 | AMD Socket AM4 | - | Socket A/Socket 462 (PGA 462) | - |
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics | None | - | - | No | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Feature | Platform | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Multi Thread | Social Proof | Affordability | Single Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | 84.8 | 93.5 | 95.2 | 78.5 | 95.3 | 84.8 | 96.4 | 58.9 | 96.3 |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF Compare | 95.5 | 97 | 90.7 | 78.5 | 95.9 | 94.6 | 90.4 | 35.1 | 99.1 |
| G.Skill Trident Z Neo Compare | 72.4 | 87.4 | 78.8 | 0 | 84.3 | 72.1 | 0 | 20.4 | 72.6 |
| MICRO CENTER 225FB860MEAGLEPL Compare | 67.9 | 20.7 | 17.5 | 0 | 43 | 85.8 | 0 | 27.2 | 94.9 |
| Dell Xeon E5-2637 V2 Compare | 97.8 | 90.9 | 76.8 | 0 | 31.6 | 47.6 | 0 | 88 | 51.7 |
| PC Server and Parts E5-2697 v2-cr Compare | 50.2 | 20.7 | 17.5 | 0 | 29.4 | 67.9 | 0 | 87.2 | 45 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall93.7
- AI/LLM81.5
- Budget99
- Gaming86.4
- Server79.1
- Efficiency98.3
- Productivity93
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