Last week AMD’s Zen 5 architecture arrived to mixed reception on the desktop. KitGuru has reviewed the new Zen 5 Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X and now we are moving on to the grunty Ryzen 9, starting with the 12-core 9900X. Tomorrow we publish our full review of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. Read more here: https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/leo-waldock/amd-ryzen-9-9900x-review/ 00:00 Start 00:33 TDP, info and pricing 02:38 Quick run test / Curve optimiser 03:48 Cinebench 2024 04:46 Geekbench 6 05:28 Cinebench R23 multicore 06:06 CPU power consumption 07:18 Cinebench R23 Multi Core per watt 08:08 CPU Temp under full load 09:03 Cinebench R23 single core 09:37 Blender V4.2 Classroom 10:13 7Zip V24 10:33 AIDA64 Memory bandwidth 10:50 3DMark Time Spy 11:20 Gaming benchmarks 15:13 Leo's Closing thoughts Test systems CPU: AMD Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen 7000 Motherboard: MSI MEG X670E Ace RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C30 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5000, 3000 and 2000 Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus RAM: 32GB Corsair LPX DDR4-3600 C16 (DDR4-3200 for Ryzen 3000 and 2000) CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K and i5-14600K Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master X RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C30 Shared parts for all test systems: Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Gaming OC 16GB CPU cooler: Phanteks Glacier One 360D30 SSD: 1TB Crucial T700 Power Supply: Seasonic Prime GX-1600 ATX 3.0 2024 Zen 5 Granite Ridge Ryzen 9000, Socket AM5 on TSMC 4nm, I/O die is TSMC 6nm with DDR5. 80KB L1 per core, 1MB L2 per core, 28x lanes of PCIe Gen 5. 9950X Official MSRP is $649 = £610 inc VAT 9900X Official MSRP is $499 = £430 inc VAT (price increase last minute to £460) 9700X Official MSRP is $359 = £340 inc VAT 9600X Official MSRP is $279 = £270 inc VAT Buy our merch from here: https://kitgurutech.myspreadshop.co.uk Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/4cqFSWY Steam Community https://steamcommunity.com/groups/kitguruofficial Be sure to support us on PATREON https://www.patreon.com/kitgurutech and read our MANTRA on HONEST REVIEWS Here: http://bit.ly/2BopnF9 Visit our facebook page over here! https://www.facebook.com/KitGuru.net/ Visit our Twitter page over here! https://twitter.com/kitgurupress?lang=en #AMD #9900X #Ryzen9