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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-10-14

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the AMD Ryzen 9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM5 (LGA 1718) socket and was released in Q3/2024.

At a glance
Name:	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Family:	AMD Ryzen 9 (47)
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 9000 (9)
Architecture:	Granite Ridge (Zen 5)
Technology:	4 nm
Segment:	Desktop
Generation:	7
Predecessor:	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is 4.40 GHz (5.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	12 / 24
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	12x Zen 5

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	AMD Precision Boost AMD PBO AMD EXPO
Frequency:	4.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	5.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores):	5.00 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X uses the AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael), which has 128 texture shaders and 2 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU frequency:	0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	2.20 GHz
Compute units:	2
Shader:	128
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q3/2022

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9
Direct X:	12
Technology:	5 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	8 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	Decode
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 256 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 89.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR5-5600	89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	256 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	5.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth:	94.5 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 120 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	120 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is made in 4 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 76.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	4 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	AM5 (LGA 1718)
L2-Cache:	12.00 MB
L3-Cache:	64.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release date:	Q3/2024
Release price:	499 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
12C 24T @ 4.40 GHz (5.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Geekbench 6.2.1 on ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E GENE (32 GB DDR5), Windows 11

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	139
	Intel Core i9-14900K 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	139
	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	139
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz	137
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.50 GHz	137
	Intel Core i9-13900KS 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	137
	Intel Core Ultra 7 265F 20C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	136

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2021
	Intel Core i7-14700KF 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2021
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24C 48T @ 4.50 GHz	2011
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz	1768
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.50 GHz	1768
	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz	1657
	AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	1632

Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i9-14900 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	2242
	Intel Core i9-13900K 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	2241
	Intel Core i9-13900KF 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	2241
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz	2231
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.50 GHz	2231
	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2228
	Intel Core i7-14700KF 20C 28T @ 5.60 GHz	2228

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i9-14900 24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	33820
	Intel Core i9-14900F 24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz	33820
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	33213
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	32960
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	32960
	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	32605
	Intel Core i9-13900F 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	32605

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	3437
	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	3410
	AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8C 16T @ 5.50 GHz	3362
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz	3347
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.50 GHz	3347
	Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 24C 24T @ 5.70 GHz	3342
	Intel Core i9-14900KS 24C 32T @ 6.20 GHz	3341

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX 64C 128T @ 3.00 GHz	20256
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 64C 128T @ 3.20 GHz	20165
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 32C 64T @ 4.00 GHz	19975
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	19756
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	19756
	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	19752
	Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y 24C 48T @ 2.00 GHz	19583

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i3-13100E Intel UHD Graphics 730 @ 1.50 GHz	576
	Intel Core i3-13100T Intel UHD Graphics 730 @ 1.50 GHz	576
	Intel Core i3-13100TE Intel UHD Graphics 730 @ 1.50 GHz	576
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745 AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i9-13900K 24C 32T @ 5.50 GHz	59155
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	56398
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz	54800
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	54763
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	54428
	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	53780
	Intel Core i9-13900F 24C 32T @ 5.30 GHz	53780

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i9-13900K 24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz	893
	Intel Core i9-13900 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	881
	Intel Core i9-13900F 24C 32T @ 5.60 GHz	881
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 5.60 GHz	878
	AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6C 12T @ 5.40 GHz	862
	Intel Core i5-13600KF 14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz	829
	Intel Core i5-13600K 14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz	829

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-14700K 20C 28T @ 3.40 GHz	14988
	Intel Core i7-14700KF 20C 28T @ 3.40 GHz	14988
	Intel Core Ultra 7 265 20C 20T @ 2.40 GHz	14451
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12C 24T @ 4.40 GHz	13573
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	12793
	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16C 32T @ 3.40 GHz	12265
	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz	11907

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7900 28,905 CB R23 MC @ 90 W	321
	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 38,581 CB R23 MC @ 136 W	284
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 98,322 CB R23 MC @ 349 W	282
	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 32,960 CB R23 MC @ 119 W	277
	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 27,084 CB R23 MC @ 115 W	236
	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 42,871 CB R23 MC @ 191 W	224
	AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 23,127 CB R23 MC @ 104 W	222

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
362 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
359 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
646 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
627 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,886 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,820 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,155 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,457 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
242 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
744 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
139 entries

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