AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Ryzen 9000Released August 15, 2024Launch price $499

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Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core3,012points#5 of 16 Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core22,068points#7 of 16 Cinebench 2024 Multi-core1,851points#10 of 17 Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra669fps#9 of 17

Twelve cores at a 120 W TDP: good for creative work and streaming on a budget below the 16-core chips, and about as fast as the 9700X in games. It makes most sense when it sells close to the eight-core parts; for gaming alone an X3D chip is the better spend.

Against the line-up

Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core · points

#5 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. 5Ryzen 9 9900X3,012
  6. 6Ryzen 7 9700X3,001

Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core · points

#7 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. 6Core Ultra 7 265K23,165
  6. 7Ryzen 9 9900X22,068
  7. 8Core i9-14900K21,933

Cinebench 2024 Multi-core · points

#10 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. 9Core Ultra 5 250K Plus1,860
  6. 10Ryzen 9 9900X1,851
  7. 11Core Ultra 5 245K1,488

Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra · fps

#9 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D758
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D742
  3. 3Ryzen 7 9800X3D736
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2732
  5. 8Ryzen 7 9700X672
  6. 9Ryzen 9 9900X669
  7. 10Core Ultra 7 270K Plus663

Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Ultra · fps

#14 of 17 · Tom's Hardware
  1. 1Ryzen 7 9850X3D148
  2. 2Ryzen 7 9800X3D143
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X3D141
  4. 4Ryzen 9 9950X3D2141
  5. 13Ryzen 7 9700X106
  6. 14Ryzen 9 9900X103
  7. 15Core Ultra 5 245K101

Blender Benchmark samples/min

#7 of 17 · Blender Open Data
  1. 1Ryzen 9 9950X3D2687
  2. 2Ryzen 9 9950X3D663
  3. 3Ryzen 9 9950X625
  4. 4Core Ultra 7 270K Plus611
  5. 6Core i9-14900K508
  6. 7Ryzen 9 9900X501
  7. 8Core Ultra 7 265K478

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		 146fps 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		 103fps Tom's Hardware, Mar 23, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Counter-Strike 2

SettingResultSource
1080p Ultra
one source		 669fps Tom's Hardware, Mar 23, 2026
GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

Blender Benchmark

SettingResultSource
Standard run
one source		 501samples/min Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026
Median of 383 user CPU results, Blender 4.5.0

Geekbench 6 CPU

SettingResultSource
Multi-core
one source		 22,068points 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		 3,012points 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		 1,851points Tom's Hardware, Mar 23, 2026

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