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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Desktop CPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

59B
Cores12
Threads24
Boost Clock4.8 GHz
TDP105 W
SocketAM4
Process7 nm
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Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core95
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core1193
TDP105 W Boost: 142 W
Cache L364MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)95
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)1193
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)12,701
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)3465
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)38,888
Blender CPU316.84

Full specifications

GeekBench v6

File compression
1170 MB/sec
Clang compilation
126 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
217.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
362 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
232 pages/sec
Background blur
38.7 images/sec
Photo processing
85.1 images/sec
Ray tracing
31.5 Mpixels/sec

PassMark

Integer math
139.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math
77.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
257M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
51.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption
31 GBytes/sec
Data compression
498.8 MBytes/sec
Physics
1984 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
33.1B Matrices/sec

Performance Per Watt

Cinebench 2024 / Watt
11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
121 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
370.4 PPW
Blender / Watt
3.02 PPW

General

Vendor
Amd
Released
October 8, 2020
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU
No
Intel Equivalent
- Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor
- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

CPU

P-Cores
12
P-Threads
24
Base Frequency (P)
3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
4.8 GHz
Total Cores
12
Total Threads
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
L1 Cache
64K (per core)
L2 Cache
512K (per core)
L3 Cache
64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes

Package

Transistors
4.15 billions
Fabrication Process
7 nm
TDP (PL1)
105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2)
142 W
Socket
AM4
Peak Temperature
90°C

Memory Support

Memory Types
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
ECC Support
Yes

Misc

Official Site
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page
PCI Express Version
4.0
PCI Express Lanes
20
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA - Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2 - Virtualization: AMD-V - Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.

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