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AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 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 5900 Good for Gaming?

This is an old CPU that contains 12 Cores and 24 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900 also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]


AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.7 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 24

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 64 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2021

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
429th fastest in multithreading out of 5818 CPUs
517th fastest in single threading out of 5818 CPUs
121st fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
33954
Single Thread Rating
3434

Samples: 297*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Integer Math128,258 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math69,104 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers213 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting43,377 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption26,214 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression411,536 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,695 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions26,927 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,434 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,418
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,259
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,936
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 33,954
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,595
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,130
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 192.75
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 144.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 130.83
Intel Core i9-14900K
 124.56
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.48
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 55.25
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M4 10 Core
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,600
Apple M4 10 Core
 4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 3,434
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,560
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3324413 - Mar 03 2026
35710
BL3265674 - Feb 05 2026
35005
BL3264369 - Feb 05 2026
33190
BL3250945 - Jan 30 2026
30923
BL3210511 - Jan 13 2026
26942
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 9 5900
As of 13th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 33,954
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 38,936 (+14.7%)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 32,500 (-4.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 27,701 (-18.4%)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 32,499 (-4.3%)
Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 41,157 (+21.2%)
Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 40,729 (+20.0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 40,171 (+18.3%)
Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 34,299 (+1.0%)
Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 34,021 (+0.2%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 33,449 (-1.5%)
Intel Core i7-12700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 30,301 (-10.8%)
Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 29,957 (-11.8%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,428
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,265
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
 10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,522
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,389
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,374
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus
 10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,173
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,792
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,444
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
 4,523