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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a mid-range desktop CPU of the Granite Ridge product family that sports 6 Zen 5 cores (12 threads) running at 3.9 GHz to 5.4 GHz along with PCIe 5 support and a basic RDNA 2 architecture iGPU. The Ryzen was launched in June 2024, with sales slated to start some time in August.

Architecture and Features

Like Strix Point APUs, Granite Ridge processors make use of the new Zen 5 microarchitecture. However, there are no efficient cores here; all of 9600X's cores are full Zen 5 cores with a "proper" Zen 5 implementation, not the simplified mobile version that has a lower AVX-512 performance. Furthermore, Granite Ridge is a multi-die design with only the CPU cores produced using a fairly modern 4 nm TSMC process. Strix Point processors are a single-die design, from what we know.

According to AMD, Zen 5 delivers a 16% IPC uplift over Zen 4 thanks to branch prediction improvements and other refinements.

Elsewhere, the 9600X has 32 MB of L3 cache and 24 direct PCIe 5 lanes (3.93 GB/s throughput per lane) with up to 12 additional PCIe 4 lanes available depending on the motherboard. It supports DDR5 RAM as fast as 5,600 MT/s (up to 8,000 MT/s if overclocked).

The Ryzen 5 is unlocked for overclocking. Naturally, this AM5 socket CPU fully supports Windows 11, 64-bit Windows 10 as well as many Linux distros.

Performance

In our review, the 9600X delivered multi-thread performance similar to what the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, AMD Ryzen AI 9 365, Core i5-12600K, Ryzen 7 8700G as well as the octa-core AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D deliver which is pretty impressive considering the price.

Graphics

The Radeon 610M comes equipped with just 128 unified shaders running at up to 2,200 MHz. Its gaming performance is extremely low but still sufficient for competitive titles (Counter-Strike 2 is perfectly playable at 1080p / Low) as well as really old titles (pre-2019).

It can HW-decode many popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9, AV1.

Power consumption

The CPU cores are built with TSMC's N4P process which delivers a good, as of mid 2024, power efficiency. (Apple is the leader in this regard with the second-generation 3 nm process.)

The Ryzen 5's long-term TDP is either 65 W or 105 W, with each user free to make their own choice. Overclocking the chip will cause its power consumption figures to go up significantly.

AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

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The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX is a high-end notebook processor from the Fire Range series with 16 cores and hyperthreading (SMT), which means it can process up to 32 threads simultaneously. Unlike the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, the chip does not offer a 3D V-Cache. The chip was presented at CES in early 2025 and is intended for fast and expensive gaming laptops.

Thanks to the high-clocked 16 Zen 5 cores, the performance of the CPU should be excellent and only be outperformed by the 9955HX3D thanks to the 3D V-Cache. Together with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX at the top of the mobile CPUs.

The 9955HX is intended for large and heavy gaming notebooks and is therefore configurable from 55-75 watts TDP (default 55 watts). The SoC is manufactured in the modern 4nm FinFET process at TSMC (both compute dies, I/O die in 6nm) and should therefore have very good energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

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The AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX is a high-end notebook processor from the Fire Range series with 12 of 16 cores and hyperthreading (SMT), which means it can process up to 24 threads simultaneously. Unlike the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, the chip does not offer a 3D V-Cache. The chip was presented at CES in early 2025 and is intended for fast and expensive gaming laptops.

The CPU uses the new Zen 5 architecture for the 12 cores and clocks them at up to 5.2 GHz (single-core boost).

Thanks to the 12 fast Zen 5 cores, the performance should be excellent and well suited for all demanding applications. We assume that the performance will be similar to the old Ryzen 9 7845HX (12 x Zen 4 with up to 5.2 GHz) is similar. The faster Ryzen 9 9955HX and 9955HX3D should be able to set themselves apart significantly due to the higher number of cores (with multi-thread performance).

The 9850HX is intended for large and heavy gaming notebooks and is therefore configurable from 45 - 75 watts TDP (default 55 watts). The SoC is manufactured in the modern 4nm FinFET process at TSMC (both compute dies, I/O die in 6nm) and should therefore have very good energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 9600XAMD Ryzen 9 9955HXAMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
CodenameGranite RidgeFire Range-HX (Zen 5)Fire Range-HX (Zen 5)
SeriesAMD Granite Ridge (Zen 5, AM5)AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X)AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X)
Series: Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7X4X/8X4X) Fire Range-HX (Zen 5)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D4.3 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X4.3 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X4.4 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X3.8 - 5.5 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D4.7 - 5.2 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X « 3.9 - 5.4 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D2.5 - 5.4 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX « 2.5 - 5.4 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX3 - 5.2 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D2.5 - 5.4 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX2.5 - 5.4 GHz16 / 32 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX « 3 - 5.2 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
Clock3900 - 5400 MHz2500 - 5400 MHz3000 - 5200 MHz
L2 Cache6 MB16 MB12 MB
L3 Cache32 MB64 MB64 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 12
6 x 5.4 GHz AMD Zen 5
16 / 32
16 x 5.4 GHz AMD Zen 5
12 / 24
12 x 5.2 GHz AMD Zen 5
TDP65 Watt55 Watt45 Watt
Technology4 nm & 6 nm4 nm
max. Temp.95 °C
SocketAM5
FeaturesDDR5-5600 RAM, PCIe 5 + PCIe 4, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
iGPUAMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com
L1 Cache1.3 MB960 KB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - Ryzen 5 9600X
46.1 pt (77%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 9955HX
50.1 pt (83%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 134     avg: 134.5     median: 134.5 (76%)     max: 135 Points
min: 125.3     avg: 128.9     median: 129.5 (73%)     max: 130 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 986     avg: 999     median: 999 (19%)     max: 1012 Points
min: 1775     avg: 1951     median: 1971.5 (37%)     max: 2069 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 17176     avg: 17529     median: 17528.5 (16%)     max: 17881 Points
min: 36078     avg: 38155     median: 39384 (37%)     max: 39690 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 2180     avg: 2184     median: 2183.5 (92%)     max: 2187 Points
min: 1828     avg: 2128     median: 2176 (92%)     max: 2183 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
858 Points (93%)
min: 819     avg: 848     median: 853 (93%)     max: 854 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 6719     avg: 6847     median: 6846.5 (17%)     max: 6974 Points
min: 14166     avg: 14877     median: 15309 (37%)     max: 15524 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2630     avg: 2691     median: 2691 (17%)     max: 2752 Points
min: 5639     avg: 5933     median: 6046 (38%)     max: 6103 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 341     avg: 342     median: 342 (95%)     max: 343 Points
min: 320     avg: 334.1     median: 336 (93%)     max: 338 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 30.86     avg: 31.4     median: 31.4 (41%)     max: 31.99 Points
min: 64.66     avg: 67.4     median: 67.4 (87%)     max: 69.87 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 4     avg: 4     median: 4 (95%)     max: 4.21 Points
min: 3.72     avg: 3.9     median: 3.9 (94%)     max: 3.97 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 9324     avg: 9333     median: 9332.5 (56%)     max: 9341 Points
min: 8710     avg: 9087     median: 9178.5 (55%)     max: 9279 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 54599     avg: 55406     median: 55406 (40%)     max: 56213 Points
min: 73626     avg: 76474     median: 76058 (55%)     max: 80152 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 100227     avg: 101401     median: 101401 (65%)     max: 102575 Points
min: 14159     avg: 76087     median: 76087 (49%)     max: 138015 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 17470     avg: 17506     median: 17505.5 (21%)     max: 17541 Points
min: 17067     avg: 17205     median: 17205 (21%)     max: 17343 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 71.513     avg: 72     median: 72 (1%)     max: 72.546 s
min: 32.998     avg: 90.4     median: 33.9 (0%)     max: 204.3 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 2.571     avg: 2.6     median: 2.6 (1%)     max: 2.617 s
min: 2.195     avg: 3.3     median: 2.2 (0%)     max: 5.6 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 14438     avg: 14629     median: 14628.5 (23%)     max: 14819 Points
min: 9033     avg: 21586     median: 10079 (16%)     max: 45647 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 68220     avg: 68266     median: 68266 (39%)     max: 68312 MIPS
min: 132435     avg: 139265     median: 141048 (81%)     max: 144064 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 7724     avg: 7760     median: 7760 (91%)     max: 7796 MIPS
min: 7061     avg: 7300     median: 7393 (87%)     max: 7462 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 154     avg: 157     median: 157 (4%)     max: 160.05 fps
min: 233.5     avg: 234.8     median: 234.8 (6%)     max: 236 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 364     avg: 368.8     median: 368.8 (9%)     max: 373.5 fps
min: 343.5     avg: 351.3     median: 351.3 (9%)     max: 359 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 23.2     avg: 23.4     median: 23.4 (41%)     max: 23.6 fps
min: 38.9     avg: 41.4     median: 42.1 (74%)     max: 43 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 1.3     avg: 1.4     median: 1.4 (40%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
min: 3.1     avg: 3.1     median: 3.1 (91%)     max: 3.4 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 2.2     avg: 2.3     median: 2.3 (39%)     max: 2.3 GB/s
min: 4.9     avg: 5     median: 5 (85%)     max: 5 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 13.4     avg: 13.5     median: 13.5 (35%)     max: 13.6 GB/s
min: 27.3     avg: 27.6     median: 27.6 (72%)     max: 27.9 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 281     avg: 285     median: 285 (4%)     max: 289 Seconds
min: 122     avg: 129.7     median: 125 (2%)     max: 145 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 184     avg: 184.5     median: 184.5 (1%)     max: 185 Seconds
min: 80     avg: 84.6     median: 85 (1%)     max: 91 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.3389     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (7%)     max: 0.3426 sec
min: 0.3517     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (8%)     max: 0.3737 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 17706     avg: 17737     median: 17736.5 (38%)     max: 17767 Points
min: 19498     avg: 19963     median: 19731 (42%)     max: 20890 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.614     avg: 7.6     median: 7.6 (2%)     max: 7.672 s
min: 7.701     avg: 7.9     median: 7.8 (2%)     max: 8.2 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.336     avg: 16.4     median: 16.3 (1%)     max: 16.363 s
min: 16.472     avg: 16.8     median: 16.6 (1%)     max: 17.5 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 359.798     avg: 360.1     median: 360.1 (2%)     max: 360.414 s
375.8 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 83540     avg: 84299     median: 84299 (65%)     max: 85058 Points
min: 93819     avg: 98006     median: 98275.5 (75%)     max: 101654 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 25717     avg: 25914     median: 25914 (64%)     max: 26111 Points
min: 29429     avg: 32133     median: 32436.5 (80%)     max: 33671 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 113587     avg: 113789     median: 113788 (92%)     max: 113990 Points
min: 78557     avg: 82036     median: 83067 (67%)     max: 84483 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 113517     avg: 113785     median: 113785 (92%)     max: 114053 Points
min: 78596     avg: 81706     median: 81638 (66%)     max: 84884 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 116109     avg: 117823     median: 117822 (95%)     max: 119536 Points
min: 81426     avg: 82900     median: 81582 (66%)     max: 85692 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 21053     avg: 21073     median: 21073 (53%)     max: 21093 Points
min: 23962     avg: 24593     median: 23963 (61%)     max: 25855 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 33449     avg: 33456     median: 33455.5 (60%)     max: 33462 Points
min: 37802     avg: 41920     median: 42652.5 (76%)     max: 44312 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 10821     avg: 10941     median: 10941 (46%)     max: 11061 Points
min: 9758     avg: 12610     median: 13012 (55%)     max: 13348 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
3320 Points (83%)
min: 3156     avg: 3215     median: 3230 (81%)     max: 3253 Points
3147 Points (79%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
15378 Points (60%)
min: 16313     avg: 18689     median: 19052 (74%)     max: 19587 Points
18113 Points (70%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
3071 Points (97%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
18139 Points (74%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2490     avg: 2507     median: 2506.5 (98%)     max: 2523 Points
min: 2307     avg: 2380     median: 2395 (94%)     max: 2425 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12751     avg: 12840     median: 12839.5 (23%)     max: 12928 Points
min: 20576     avg: 21787     median: 21893 (39%)     max: 22406 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2305     avg: 2351     median: 2351 (10%)     max: 2397 Points
min: 2233     avg: 2235     median: 2235 (10%)     max: 2237 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12556     avg: 12779     median: 12779 (40%)     max: 13002 Points
min: 20686     avg: 21227     median: 21227 (67%)     max: 21768 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 9634     avg: 9696     median: 9695.5 (97%)     max: 9757 Points
min: 9140     avg: 9238     median: 9237.5 (92%)     max: 9335 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 51644     avg: 52536     median: 52536 (52%)     max: 53428 Points
min: 87050     avg: 88125     median: 88125 (88%)     max: 89200 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 389     avg: 390     median: 390 (0%)     max: 391 ms
min: 397     avg: 415.3     median: 404 (0%)     max: 453 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
136623 Points (100%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 338     avg: 338.5     median: 338.5 (93%)     max: 339 Points
min: 287     avg: 301.8     median: 298.8 (82%)     max: 322 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 364     avg: 380     median: 380 (68%)     max: 396 Points
min: 315     avg: 335     median: 335 (60%)     max: 361 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 2103     avg: 2109     median: 2108.5 (79%)     max: 2114 Points
min: 2176     avg: 2214     median: 2220.5 (83%)     max: 2259 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 213     avg: 239     median: 239 (41%)     max: 265 Watt
min: 122.3     avg: 169.1     median: 162.5 (28%)     max: 229 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 210     avg: 239.3     median: 243 (44%)     max: 265 Watt
min: 143.7     avg: 179.6     median: 176.8 (32%)     max: 221 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 117.7     avg: 119.8     median: 119.8 (79%)     max: 121.8 Watt
min: 19.3     avg: 27.4     median: 27.3 (18%)     max: 35.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 13.6     avg: 18.2     median: 15.7 (19%)     max: 25.2 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 10.4     avg: 11.5     median: 11.5 (9%)     max: 12.5 Points per Watt
min: 32.6     avg: 35     median: 32.8 (24%)     max: 39.5 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 9600X → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX → 111% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX → 106% n=2

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