AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Good for Gaming?

This is a newly released CPU that contains 12 Cores and 24 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X also has great single threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this is a high end chip that would be great for gaming. [More ...]

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM5

Clockspeed: 4.4 GHz

Turbo Speed: 5.6 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 24

Typical TDP: 120 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 64 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2024

CPUmark/$Price: 110.49

Overall Rank:
115th fastest in multithreading out of 4842 CPUs
10th fastest in single threading out of 4842 CPUs
26th fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $490.81 USD (2024-09-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

54230

Single Thread Rating

4704

Samples: 17*
*Margin for error: Medium

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Integer Math	180,342 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	119,428 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	413 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	71,172 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	33,372 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	681,860 KBytes/Sec
Physics	3,238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	54,601 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	4,704 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of September 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$490.81 USD	Buy Now!
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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,114
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		54,230
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,484
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,127
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,609
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,272
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,540
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,168

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		239.90
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.18
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.59
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.05
Intel Core i9-13900K		138.59
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		110.49
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.62
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.10
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		4,704
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,623
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,910
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,806
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2191980 - Sep 11 2024		53957
BL2191970 - Sep 11 2024		51611
BL5072934 - Sep 10 2024		48746
BL5072794 - Sep 08 2024		58459
BL2189637 - Sep 08 2024		54237

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
As of 15th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		54,230
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		48,848 (-9.9%)
Intel Core i9-14900KS vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		62,704 (+15.6%)
Intel Core i9-14900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		60,377 (+11.3%)
Intel Core i7-14700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		53,358 (-1.6%)
Intel Core i7-14700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		53,210 (-1.9%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		62,745 (+15.7%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		62,471 (+15.2%)
Intel Core i9-13900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		59,114 (+9.0%)
Intel Core i9-13900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		58,471 (+7.8%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		50,372 (-7.1%)
Intel Core i9-14900 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		47,591 (-12.2%)
Intel Core i9-14900T vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		44,248 (-18.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,401
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,268
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,195
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,034
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,498
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,394
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,088
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,962
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,831
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,779
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,532
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		7,285

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