AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

CPU Description

Release & Generation

• Released August 2024
• Zen 5 (Ryzen 9000 Series, Granite Ridge) — built on TSMC 4nm process
• Successor to Zen 4 (Ryzen 7000); reported ~16% IPC improvement

Core Configuration & Speeds

• 6 Performance-cores + 0 Efficiency-cores = 6 cores / 12 threads
• 38.48 MB total cache (480 KB L1, 6 MB L2, 32 MB L3)
• Up to 5.4 GHz boost
• 65W TDP

Memory Support

• DDR5-5600 (up to DDR5-8000 with overclocking)

Socket

• AM5; compatible with X670E, X670, B650E, B650, and A620 motherboards (firmware update may be required); AMD has indicated AM5 support through 2027+

Variants

• Ryzen 5 9600X: Standard model; includes integrated AMD Radeon Graphics (RDNA 2, 2 compute units at 2200 MHz)