CPU Performance

To start testing off I went with a rendering-focused benchmark with the always popular Blender. This software is always updating and with that the benchmark changes as well so I have run with a few versions here. I tested with the older Blender 3.6, 4.0, and the latest 4.2 as well. I have all of the results stacked together to get the overall picture and the Ryzen 7 9700X came in just below the 14600K here. AMD has a nice improvement over the 7700X as well showing the generation-to-generation jump. The same goes for the 9600X which has a nice gap between it and the 7600X, passing the 12600K in that process. The same can be seen in the 4.0 and 4.2 results in regards to the 9700X coming in just behind the 14600K on those tests as well.

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Continuing with the video encoding theme I also have Handbrake which is an open-source transcoder. For this test I am taking a 4k video down to 1080p 30 FPS, the results are the average FPS of that task. The 9700X improved on the last generation 7700X by 9 FPS here which still leaves a big gap between it and the 7900 sitting above it. For the 9600X it is also sitting right above the last gen 7600X with an improvement of 6 FPS there as well.

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For the always popular Cinebench, I am testing with the older Cinebench R20 and R23 as well as the new 2024 edition as well. I always like Cinebench because we have multi-core and single-core performance which gives us a good look at the performance of the whole CPU and IPC performance. In R20 on the multi-core test, the 8 core 9700X and 6 core 9600X show big improvements over their previous generation equivalents. It’s the single-core test though that really shows AMDs Zen 5 improvements, with both CPUs jumping way ahead of all of the last gen Ryzen CPUs and sitting right behind Intel’s 14900K which should really help with the other upcoming 9000 Series Ryzen CPUs that will target the higher end market. You can see with Cinebench R23 and 2024 that single-core performance is impressive and it helps put a big gap between the 9700X and the 7700X as well as the 9600X and the 7600X.

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Next up we have ray tracing-focused rendering benchmarks. Here I tested the CPUs in POV-Ray and V-Ray including the newer V-Ray Benchmark 5. POV-Ray was also tested with a single core and across all of the cores. The 9700X didn’t have as big of a jump in POV-Ray, in fact when compared with the 7700X its single-core test went well but it is basically tied with the 7700X. The 9600X on the other hand did make its improvement, especially in the single-core test. In the older V-Ray, the 9700X did edge down to 39 seconds for the test and the 9600X was at 47 seconds. Then in the V-Ray Benchmark 5 test, the 9600X snuck past the 8700G with a big jump in performance over the 7600X. The 9700X came in sitting between the 13600 K and 14600K.

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I also tested using the CPUz’s built-in benchmark which does run on a single thread and with all threads. In the multi-thread test, the 9700X improved on the 7700X by 300 points and the 9600X did similar. The real improvement was once again on the single thread chart where both CPUs are up near the top, but the last two generations of Intel CPUs are still a little ahead all the way at the top.

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Next, we have wPrime which is a classic overclocking benchmark that calculates pi out to 1024 million digits and is timed. This is a multi-thread heavy test which has the older high-core count CPUs still all over the top of the charts and you can see that with the top CPUs sitting at 8 or more cores. The 9600X was out in front of the 14900K with its eco cores and even farther in front of the 7600X. The 9700X was up near the top of the chart as well with its two additional cores but the 7700X was still sitting in its shadow.

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7 Zip is another open-source program, this time for compressing and decompressing all of your files. Here I have run the benchmark and we have three results. The combined MIPS is a combination of compressing and decompressing performance. Then I have it broken down between the two. The combined results have the Ryzen 7 9700X sitting behind the previous generation 7700X and even the 7700. The 9600X is similar, sitting behind the 7600. Both the compressing and decompressing numbers paint a similar picture as well.

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Jetstream 2 is a compilation benchmark that takes a long list of HTML5 and Java in-browser tests and runs them all three times and puts together an overall score. I love this benchmark because let's be honest, most people are using their browser more than any other game or program. Jetstream gives some interesting results sometimes though but it tends to prefer high IPC or single-core performance and there are some situations where it prefers lower core-count CPUs. We saw earlier just how well the new CPUs did in any of the single-core or threaded tests and that shows here again with both sitting way out in front of everything else with just the 14900K competing.

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For Passmark Performance Test I used the latest version, Performance Test 11 and also tested with the older Performance Test 10 as well. I only look at the overall CPU score which takes a few different synthetic benchmarks and combines the results to put together an overall score. This is a test that does favor multi-threaded performance over IPC. In Performance Test 10 the 9700X scored a 37699 which was just barely ahead of the 7700X. The 9600X was similar it just barely stayed in front of the 7600X. In Passmark Test 11 the 9700X did better but the 9600X was still running right with the previous 7600X.

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Crossmark is from BAPCo which also makes SYSmark and this is a cross-platform test where you can compare performance between phones and both Windows and Mac computers. This is the start of our overall PC benchmarks and Crossmark uses a mix of real-world tests to output an overall score. Both the 9700X and 9600X struggled here compared to their last generation equivalents with the 9700X sitting behind the 7700X and the 9600X sitting behind the 7600.

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PCMark 10 is a great test because it tests things like video calls, browser performance, Excel, and Word performance to give an idea of real-world performance. It tends to like higher clock speeds but does take raw core count into account as well which you can see. The great single-core performance we have seen in all of the tests helped here as well with the 9700X topping the chart and the 9600X sitting in third with just the 14900K in front of it. In the application test, the 14900K is still out in front but both the 9700X and 9600X did land in front of the 14600K.

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Moving the focus over towards gaming my next test is using Dolphin 5.0 Benchmark. Dolphin 5.0 is a Wii emulator and like most emulators, it doesn’t care about high core counts at all. In fact, it only runs two in total. Clock speeds are king here most of the time which is why all of the 5 GHz+ CPUs are at the top of the chart here. The 9700X has a boost clock of 5.5 GHz and the 9600X is just behind it with a boost clock of 5.4 GHz and of course, they are up near the top of the charts here. In fact, the 9600X topped the chart where the 9700X was sitting behind the 13900K and 14900K.

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Before diving into game testing I wanted to check out synthetic performance using 3DMark. I tested with the older DX11 Fire Strike test as well as the newer DX12 Time Spy. I also added the new 3DMark CPU Profile benchmark into the mix as well which does a good job of showing the full range of thread counts that you might see being used in games as well as a max threads option that does everything above 16 threads. In the Fire Strike test, the 9700X scored a 37869 putting it ahead of the 14600K and behind the Ryzen 7 7900 with a big improvement from the 7700X which scored 35943. The 9600X scored a 32110 and is sitting between the 8900G and the 7800X3D and again with a big step up from the 30203 of the 7600X. In the Time Spy test the 9700X is just barely ahead of the 7700X, the 9600X is in the same boat with the 7600X as well. Then for the last test, we have the 3Dmark CPU profile which tests at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and max threads. The single-threaded performance of both CPUs was once again faster than anything else tested. They kept them out in front through 4 threads but they fall behind a little at 8 threads and above, no surprises there.

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I did of course test the two new CPUs in games as well. I will dive into testing the integrated GPU in the next section. Here though they are paired up with a powerful GPU (the RTX 4090) and I compare CPU to CPU performance. In Dirt 5 and Far Cry 6 you can see the raw single-threaded performance help pull both the 9700X and 9600X up near the top of the charts. But in games like Metro Exodus and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, you see an interesting situation where the two extra cores are needed, but the games do still need that single-core performance which is why the 9700X did really well in those games. Then in Borderlands 3, the 9600X underperformed slightly, but overall all of the CPUs performed where you would expect to see them.

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Last up I also run a few tests in AIDA64, these take a look at cache performance for L1, L2, and L3 cache as well as memory speeds, Precision FLOPS, and Integer IOPS. Both the 9700X and 9600X had significant improvements when compared to their 7000 Series counterparts in the L1, L2, and L3 cache tests. Especially in the L1 cache with those numbers almost doubling in speed. Memory performance improved slightly, but performance jumped again in the single and double-precision FLOPs. Going from 1392 on the 7700X Single Precision up to 2683 with the 9700X. The AES-256 performance went down, but in the three Integer IOPS tests there was a big jump there as well.

AIDA64

L1 Cache Read

L1 Cache Write

L1 Cache Latency

L2 Cache Read

L2 Cache Write

L2 Cache Latency

L3 Cache Read

L3 Cache Write

L3 Cache Latency

GB/s

GB/s

ns

GB/s

GB/s

ns

GB/s

GB/s

ns

AMD Ryzen R7 2700X

999.43

502.5

1

978.03

495.12

2.8

414.95

417.71

8.8

AMD Ryzen R5 2600X

768.13

388.05

1

729.37

366.01

2.9

429.09

323.83

9.1

Ryzen 5 2400G

485.01

238.29

1

459.8

232.2

3.1

222.96

181.6

9.6

Ryzen 3 2200G

460.55

227.41

1.1

352.84

177.56

3.3

137.3

171.2

10.2

Intel i7-8700K

1595.6

803.65

0.9

640.37

397.14

2.6

337

213.67

11

Intel i5-8400

1417.2

710.79

1

543.81

352.9

3.1

270.89

186.82

13

Intel Core i9-7980XE

3758.3

1896.7

1.1

1671.7

1069.9

5.6

229.61

118.4

21

Intel Core i9-7960X

3532.3

1785.2

1

1571.6

1003.5

5.1

220.22

121.04

19.8

Intel Core i7-7820X

1969.9

995.02

1

884.63

574.74

5.6

114.4

103.57

19.2

Intel Core i5-7640X

1044.8

31888

1

397.26

247

2.9

228.31

163.86

11.1

Intel Core i9-7900X

2418.5

709.16

1

1037.3

521.94

5.2

124.16

106.78

21.2

Intel Core i7-7740X

1102.7

561.25

0.9

424.55

304.3

2.7

287.01

186.67

21.2

Intel i7-6900K

1963.9

999.59

1

710.28

310.34

4.1

243.96

195.41

14.6

Intel i7-7700K

1114.6

560.82

0.9

415.45

285.97

2.7

234.5

188.7

10.4

Intel i7-5960X

1748.5

874.6

1.2

623.08

272.77

3.5

260.72

184.92

15.3

AMD Ryzen R7 1800X

917.46

460.16

1.1

831.95

446.37

4.7

388.18

386.01

12.4

AMD Ryzen R7 1700X

867.89

435.33

1.2

809.29

419.38

5

369.75

350.31

12.9

AMD Ryzen R7 1700

793.9

398.12

1.3

742.92

389.73

5.4

334.36

332.12

14.2

AMD Ryzen R5 1600X

689.47

345.95

1.1

630.99

334.93

4.7

386.48

326.86

12.3

AMD Ryzen R5 1500X

446.84

224.01

1.1

306.82

211.58

11.8

306.82

211.58

11.8

AMD Ryzen R5 2600

685.38

344.05

1

669.28

333.5

3.1

381.16

320.56

9.8

AMD Ryzen R7 2700X

849.91

426.09

1

837.76

418.75

3

357.51

356.71

9.4

Intel i7-8086K

1596.4

803.56

0.9

623.36

423.53

2.6

380.04

243.73

10.9

Intel i9-9900K

2375.6

1195.4

0.8

907.65

626.34

2.4

302.01

221.1

11

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

3098.6

1551.4

0.9

1545.3

1416.8

2.8

1014.4

836.39

11.5

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

2133.2

1072.9

0.9

1069.1

993.49

2.8

611.53

573.21

10.2

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

1547.4

779.24

1

777.62

745.3

2.8

584.93

538.45

10.4

AMD Ryzen 3 3400G

508.97

253.87

1

490.26

247.04

3

233.57

193.62

9.3

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

1080.5

541.5

0.9

541.84

530.5

2.7

322.13

321.33

11.1

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

965.85

484.67

1

485.55

460.71

3.1

374.11

343.53

11.8

Intel i5-10600K

1676.6

840.87

0.8

662.98

452.67

2.5

361.35

238.47

10.5

Intel i9-10900K

3162.1

1586.7

0.8

1201.8

759.97

2.4

407.66

245.94

11.4

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

1721.4

869.69

0.9

851.89

831.97

2.6

276.24

298.84

11

Intel i9-11900K

4542.8

2299.3

1

1413.2

691.62

2.5

330.32

213.28

11.4

Intel i5-11600K

3412.3

1724.9

1

960.91

526.76

2.7

319.1

198.57

11.4

Intel i9-12900K

2310

1438.7

1

1233.5

562.72

2.9

678.84

418.11

19.8

Intel i5-12600K

1461.1

971.78

1.1

846.4

360.51

3.2

598.86

292.09

21.4

AMD Ryzen 5 4500

1561.9

784.1

1

785.34

751.61

2.9

350.05

571.19

10.5

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

1646.6

831.24

0.9

832.43

767.22

2.7

445.8

437.73

11.9

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

2267.8

1157.8

0.9

1147.6

1026.1

2.6

501.53

526.11

11.5

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

2722.9

1381

0.7

1361.1

1305.1

2.7

887.95

901.2

10.1

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

1996.3

1019.3

0.7

1020.9

999.93

2.6

847.43

847.61

10.5

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

5252.2

2685

0.7

2615.6

2588.4

2.6

1293.7

1357.3

9.9

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

4042.4

2051.4

0.7

2008.5

1956.3

2.5

1278.6

1394.1

9.8

Intel i9-13900K

2005.7

872.39

0.9

2280.2

851.63

3.7

1729.2

619.38

18.3

Intel i5-13600K

3218.4

1472.5

1.1

1156

479.87

4.5

907.63

406.76

14.9

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

3839.2

2023.6

0.7

1925.5

1865.1

2.7

1146

1046.4

10.3

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

2630.8

1333.7

0.8

1336.2

1298.2

2.9

826.97

879.08

10.4

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

1898

963.23

0.8

964.63

946.49

2.9

698.77

690.84

10.8

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

4734.9

2518.4

0.8

2558.7

2422.3

2.7

1314.4

1376.8

12.5

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

2342.7

1239.1

0.8

1252.6

1171.8

3.1

674.02

703.18

12.8

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

2350.8

1228

0.8

1230.7

1219.8

2.8

867.87

893.95

11.4

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

1777.2

930.44

0.8

941.76

941.91

2.9

721.29

702.59

10.7

Intel i9-14900K

5923.3

1928.7

0.9

2160.2

861.9

3.6

1158.8

540.95

20.7

Intel i5-14600K

3525.3

1248

1

1310.9

547.83

3.9

590.43

359.64

14.8

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

3716.7

1942.9

0.7

1429.6

1469.6

2.6

805.86

807.74

11.9

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

4850.5

2576.9

0.7

1790.2

1804.4

2.5

1078.9

935.36

10.6

 

AIDA64

Memory Read

Memory Write

Memory Latency

Single-Precision FLOPS

Double Precision FLOPS

AES-256

24-bit Integer IOPS

32-bit Integer IOPS

64-bit Integer IOPS

MB/s

MB/s

ns

GFLOPS

GFLOPS

MB/s

GIOPS

GIOPS

GIOPS

AMD Ryzen R7 2700X

50214

48578

65

507.9

253.9

70514

127.7

127.7

64.22

AMD Ryzen R5 2600X

50273

48346

65.5

383.2

191.4

51932

95.82

95.82

48.15

Ryzen 5 2400G

45967

47850

66.6

235.9

117.8

32388

58.94

58.98

29.67

Ryzen 3 2200G

35567

36240

118.4

225.8

112.6

27603

56.32

56.32

28.3

Intel i7-8700K

38421

40175

57.9

825

412.5

29406

370

370

51.55

Intel i5-8400

38096

40549

59.8

728.8

364.5

25192

323.5

323.5

45.55

Intel Core i9-7980XE

77004

68888

73.4

1831

915.5

69377

821.2

821.3

121.6

Intel Core i9-7960X

79416

71554

74.9

1681

840.6

65409

754

753.9

114.7

Intel Core i7-7820X

76049

73759

71.6

944.9

472.5

36420

423.7

423.7

63.85

Intel Core i5-7640X

30786

31888

68.5

536.5

268.2

18547

238.1

138.1

33.53

Intel Core i9-7900X

76856

72856

72.8

1148

574.5

45506

515.1

515

79.76

Intel Core i7-7740X

38455

40596

53.2

575.4

287.8

20503

258.1

258

35.97

Intel i7-6900K

66786

68130

61.9

1023

511.7

36340

255.9

255.9

63.96

Intel i7-7700K

38498

40448

52.7

575.7

287.9

20519

258

258

35.98

Intel i7-5960X

66108

49545

62.8

895.5

447.7

31783

223.9

223.9

55.97

AMD Ryzen R7 1800X

44031

43425

81.8

472.4

236.2

64016

118.1

118.1

59.03

AMD Ryzen R7 1700X

44493

43749

78.3

446.8

223.4

61730

111.7

111.7

55.84

AMD Ryzen R7 1700

45343

43777

82.6

408.5

204.3

56811

102.1

102.1

51.05

AMD Ryzen R5 1600X

44452

43918

83.7

354.9

177.5

49340

88.74

88.73

44.34

AMD Ryzen R5 1500X

44289

43746

83.1

229.8

114.8

31983

57.43

57.45

28.72

AMD Ryzen R5 2600

50385

48499

66.5

351

175.4

48939

88.03

88.02

44.01

AMD Ryzen R7 2700

50088

48343

65.9

434.3

217.2

60336

108.6

108.6

54.68

Intel i7-8086K

39069

40675

56.2

824.9

412.5

29397

369.9

369.9

51.55

Intel i9-9900K

39682

41015

51.1

1226

613

45542

550

549.8

79.79

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

53981

52271

70.7

1546

772.1

106943

385.7

385.7

96.57

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

51498

28739

67.3

1078

537.8

74474

271

271.2

67.77

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

50769

28736

68.9

799.5

400

55456

198.6

198.6

49.64

AMD Ryzen 3 3400G

49936

53502

67.1

257.2

128.5

35736

64.16

64.16

32.25

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

51435

28743

66.4

551.6

276.1

38176

138.7

138.7

34.65

AMD Ryzen 3 3100

50246

28734

71.1

497.6

248.7

34946

124.4

124.4

31.09

Intel i5-10600K

43340

43430

48.2

863.8

431.9

30782

387.2

386.9

53.99

Intel i9-10900K

44972

43808

50.5

1632

815.7

58163

731.3

731.2

102

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

50972

28772

59.2

891.9

445.8

61623

709.6

709.7

55.72

Intel i9-11900K

44919

43343

51.8

1068

534.2

164966

547

547

182.7

Intel i5-11600K

43953

43468

55.6

838.7

419.4

123767

429.3

429.3

143.4

Intel i9-12900K

71418

72395

82

695.7

247.9

140499

400.6

400.6

166.2

Intel i5-12600K

65416

71336

87.8

432.5

216.2

86470

252.7

252.7

96.22

AMD Ryzen 5 4500

52683

53191

82.8

806

402.6

56578

201.5

201.3

50.35

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

48444

28753

70.9

853.2

426.2

107839

675.8

679.6

53.38

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

47858

28760

68.2

1158

577.9

137459

919.1

912.9

74.38

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

58755

80120

70

1392

694.6

192730

1205

1205

602.4

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

54720

80771

69.5

1046

523.1

147661

912.5

912.5

456.4

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

67342

76712

69

2735

1364

379510

2370

2370

1184

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

68064

78123

67.7

2062

1029

288134

1792

1789

895.4

Intel i9-13900K

76006

68902

86.1

2238

1116

157028

831.4

831.4

270.6

Intel i5-13600K

64721

62311

97.2

1294

647

86637

509.5

509.4

136.4

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

73968

73494

69.4

2007

998.7

267499

1710

1709

855.9

AMD Ryzen 7 7700

58694

79929

68.9

1369

684.7

185084

1192

1192

594.3

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

59454

81467

69.6

988.6

494.3

140625

861.9

861.2

431.2

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

77677

80314

68.1

2619

1311

178269

2239

2239

1120

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

65343

81313

71.9

1241

620.3

89694

1076

1076

538.3

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

75149

99082

74.5

1277

638.1

88895

1108

1108

554.1

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

75418

99134

71.6

969.3

484.6

69303

842.7

843.2

421.4

Intel i9-14900K

85919

76896

85.5

2462

1231

163454

936.6

937.3

291.6

Intel i5-14600K

79924

77188

83.9

1407

703.3

98868

560.1

560

154

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

62215

84220

68.7

2039

1016

64063

1753

1753

876.8

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

62204

84918

68.7

2683

1337

83891

2297

2292

1147

 

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