AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Ryzen 9000Released August 8, 2024Launch price $279

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Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core2,914points#9 of 16 Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core14,323points#15 of 16 Cinebench 2024 Multi-core971points#16 of 17 Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra644fps#12 of 17

The entry ticket to Zen 5 and AM5: six cores, 65 W, quick in single-thread work and fine for 1080p and 1440p gaming with a mid-range graphics card. Six cores limit it in heavy rendering, where Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus does better for similar money. Pair it with a B650 or B850 board and DDR5-6000.

Against the line-up

Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core · points

#9 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D23,163
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9850X3D3,122
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D3,058
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3,048
  5. 8Core Ultra 7 270K Plus2,933
  6. 9Ryzen 5 9600X2,914
  7. 10Core Ultra 9 285K2,832

Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core · points

#15 of 16 · Geekbench Browser
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D228,167
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus27,402
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D26,572
  4. 4Core Ultra 9 285K25,837
  5. 14Ryzen 7 7800X3D15,486
  6. 15Ryzen 5 9600X14,323
  7. 16Ryzen 5 7600X13,729

Cinebench 2024 Multi-core · points

#16 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D22,529
  2. 2Core Ultra 7 270K Plus2,509
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D2,423
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X2,344
  5. 15Ryzen 7 7800X3D1,115
  6. 16Ryzen 5 9600X971
  7. 17Ryzen 5 7600X781

Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra · fps

#12 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D758
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D742
  3. 3Ryzen 7 9800X3D736
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2732
  5. 11Core i9-14900K658
  6. 12Ryzen 5 9600X644
  7. 13Core Ultra 9 285K627

Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra · fps

#16 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D148
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9800X3D143
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D141
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2141
  5. 15Core Ultra 5 245K101
  6. 16Ryzen 5 9600X101
  7. 17Ryzen 5 7600X96.8

Blender Benchmark samples/min

#16 of 17 · Blender Open Data
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D2687
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D663
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X625
  4. 4Core Ultra 7 270K Plus611
  5. 15Ryzen 7 7800X3D264
  6. 16Ryzen 5 9600X263
  7. 17Ryzen 5 7600X204

The whole Processors line-up side by side, with prices

Every benchmark

Quoted from the publications that ran them; we don't test hardware ourselves. Figures from different publications were run on different systems and scenes, so compare within a row's source.

Cyberpunk 2077

SettingResultSource
1080p High
one source		 140fps Gamers Nexus, Aug 17, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition, DDR5-6000 CL30
Phantom Liberty test scene; GN CPU mega chart
1080p Ultra
one source		 101fps Tom's Hardware, Mar 24, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Counter-Strike 2

SettingResultSource
1080p Ultra
one source		 644fps Tom's Hardware, Mar 24, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Blender Benchmark

SettingResultSource
Standard run
one source		 263samples/min Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026
Median of 325 user CPU results, Blender 4.5.0

Geekbench 6 CPU

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 14,323points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026
Single-core
one source		 2,914points Geekbench Browser, Sep 16, 2026
Geekbench Browser's processor chart (average of user-submitted results), as archived on 16 Sep 2026

Cinebench 2024

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 971points Tom's Hardware, Mar 24, 2026

Sources

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