New benchmarks of AMD's Ryzen 5 9600X "Zen 5" Desktop CPU have leaked out and this time with a 5.7 GHz all-core overclock.
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Engineering Sample Overclocked To 5.7 GHz, Much Higher CPU OC Capabilities Than Ryzen 5 7600X Thanks To 4nm Zen 5
Today's second AMD Ryzen 5 9600X "Zen 5 "Desktop CPU leak has been unearthed by HXL (@9550pro) and it looks like the chip has some great overclocking capabilities with the new performance benchmark being demonstrated at 5.7 GHz across all of its six Zen 5 cores.
Starting with the specifications, 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.
We recently reported the chip's performance in AIDA64 Cache & Memory benchmark in which it scored almost 2x the bandwidth gain over its predecessor with its new and powerful Zen 5 cores. Now, the chip has been tested in CPU-z with an overclock of 5.7 GHz or a +300 MHz boost over its stock boost clock of 5.4 GHz. Do keep in mind that this overclock is across all cores while the 5.4 GHz frequency is a single-core boost with the average all-core boost rounding up around 5.0-5.1 GHz.
CPU-z (Higher is Better)
In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU with an overclock of 5.7 GHz scored 871.4 points in the single-core and 7096.6 points in the multi-threaded benchmark. When compared to the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU in stock, this is a lead of 14% in single-core and 13% in multi-core scores. The same stock ES chip offered similar performance at stock speeds. We still expect that the final performance numbers with such overclocks should be much higher but the overclocking demonstrated here looks to be superb. A 5.7 GHz all-core, if done on an AIO, is a major deal when compared to existing Ryzen 5 7600X CPUs which max out around 5.4-5.5 GHz.
Also, the smaller 1T and NT performance in CPU-z can be attributed to the benchmark itself. We saw it with Zen 4 that the chips saw a +1% IPC uplift in CPU-z and that might as well be the same case with Zen 5. Zen 5's overall IPC improvement over Zen 4 is 16% across a multitude of workloads.
AMD Zen 5 IPC:
AMD Zen 4 IPC:
So in the end, it looks like AMD has a lot of goodies for overclockers with its Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" CPUs. The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X runs at up to 5.7 GHz boost clocks so maybe we can expect a 6 GHz or higher OC number for that chip in the right conditions and on high-end liquid cooling setups.
AMD Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPUs Specs:
| CPU Name | Architecture | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost Clock | Cache | Graphics (Integrated) | Memory Support | TDP | Price (MSRP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.6 GHz | 192 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 200W | $899 |
| Ryzen 9 9950X3D | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.7 GHz | 128 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 170W | $699 |
| Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.5 GHz | 128 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 170W | TBD |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | Zen 5 | 16/32 | 4.3 / 5.7 GHz | 64 MB L3 + 16 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 170W | $599 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X3D | Zen 5 | 12/24 | 4.4 / 5.5 GHz | 128 MB L3 + 12 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $599 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | Zen 5 | 12/24 | 4.4 / 5.6 GHz | 64 MB L3 + 12 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $469 |
| Ryzen 9 PRO 9945 | Zen 5 | 12/24 | 3.4 / TBD GHz | 64 MB L3 + 12 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 7 9850X3D | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 4.7 / 5.6 GHz | 96 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $499 |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 4.7 / 5.2 GHz | 96 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 120W | $479 |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 3.8 / 5.5 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W/105W | $299 |
| Ryzen 7 9700F | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 3.8 / 5.5 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | N/A | DDR5-5600 | 65W | $249 |
| Ryzen 7 PRO 9745 | Zen 5 | 8/16 | 3.8 / TBD GHz | 32 MB L3 + 8 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 5 9600X3D | Zen 5 | 6/12 | TBD | 96 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | Zen 5 | 6/12 | 3.9 / 5.4 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2 x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W/105W | $199 |
| Ryzen 5 PRO 9645 | Zen 5 | 6/12 | 3.9 / TBD GHz | 32 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | TBD |
| Ryzen 5 9600 | Zen 5 | 6/12 | 3.8 / 5.2 GHz | 32 MB L3 + 6 MB L2 | 2x RDNA 2 CUs | DDR5-5600 | 65W | $189 |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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