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12 Cores, 24 Threads @4.4GHz, Zen5.
Release date: Q3 2024.

12 Cores, 24 Threads @4.7GHz, Zen4.
Release date: Q3 2022.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 5,489 user samples
58 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 129% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 108% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg)
Poor: 108% Great: 129%
SPEED RANK: 30th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 117%
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Desktop
Desktop 121%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 146%
UFO
5,431 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 125% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 97% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 97% Great: 125%
SPEED RANK: 47th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 115%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 134%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
117 % +4% 113 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
79.1 Pts 80.2 Pts +1%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
230 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+10%
210 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
451 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+10%
409 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
830 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+6%
782 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
1,578 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+7%
1,475 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
87.9 Pts 92.3 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+5%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
242 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+10%
220 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
479 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+10%
435 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
948 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+11%
856 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1,824 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+8%
1,683 Pts
Market Share
Based on 69,052,604 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.06 % 0.19 % Hugely higher market share.
+217%
Value
Value For Money
107 % 108 % +1%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 58 % More popular.
+12%
Price
Price (score)
$383 $327 Cheaper.
+15%
Age
Newest
3 Months Hugely more recent.
+88%
25 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
120 Watts More energy efficient.
+29%
170 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
12 cores 12 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
24 threads 24 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
4 nm Newer manufacturing.
+20%
5 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
4.4 GHz 4.7 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+7%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
5.6 GHz 5.6 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
3,602 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+21%
2,974 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
3,215 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+18%
2,736 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen5 Zen4
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM5 AM5
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
RDNA2 RDNA2

The Ryzen 9000 CPUs have the same integrated graphics, PCIe lanes, USB support and DRAM controller as the Ryzen 7000 series. The only difference is improved cores which have moved from TSMC's 5 nm process to 4 nm. The new cores offer 15% more performance under cherry-picked conditions but for latency-sensitive workloads, like gaming, they are just few percent faster. The 9600X, 9700X, 9900X, and 9950X are priced at $280, $360, $500, and $650, respectively, making them $80-$200 USD more expensive than the 7000 series. Since the 7000 series flopped (7800X3D somewhat excluded) due to unrealistic pricing, slow boot times, high platform costs and windows gamebar requirements etc., the 9000 series is more or less DOA. When the 9000X3D variants launch (expected in early 2025) gamers who play cache sensitive games such as SoTTR or Factorio with a 4090 and don’t mind frame drops, may find value in the 9800X3D. Meanwhile, Intel’s 12th and 13th gen CPUs continue to offer the best value for money in today’s market. Furthermore, Intel is scheduled to launch Arrow-Lake (est. +10% performance vs 14th gen) and Lunar-Lake (snapdragon competitive x86 battery life) this year, but they face serious challenges due to reliance on marketers who are mostly funded by AMD. Even if Arrow and Lunar Lake deliver stellar performance, without significant improvements in social media marketing: forums, reddit, youtube etc., Intel now face the very real risk of bankruptcy (third worst-performing S&P500 stock from Jan to Aug 2024). [Aug '24 CPUPro]

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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. [Sep '22 CPUPro]

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