AMD Ryzen 9 9900X — Specifications and Blender benchmarks

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

Family
Ryzen
Form Factor
Desktops / Boxed Processor
Name
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Segment
Desktop
Series
Ryzen 9000 Series

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Base Frequency
4.4 GHz
CPU Cores
12
CPU Threads
24
Max. Boost Clock
5.6 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
5.6 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU Frequency
2200 MHz
GPU name
AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics Cores
2

Memory & PCIe

Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR5
PCIe
PCIe 5.0

Thermal Management

Default TDP
120 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
95 °C
TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
120 W

Technical details

Architecture
Zen 5
Codename
Granite Ridge AM5
I/O die process
TSMC 6nm FinFET
L2-Cache
12 MB
L3-Cache
64 MB
Release date
2024-08-15
Socket
AM5
Technology
TSMC 4nm FinFET

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 9900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 16

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows	474.884064 samples/min Submissions: 10
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux	560.145179 samples/min Submissions: 22
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	449.21394 samples/min Submissions: 118
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux	544.869662 samples/min Submissions: 50
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	445.232418 samples/min Submissions: 186
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux	531.87189 samples/min Submissions: 44
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	472.919829 samples/min Submissions: 326
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux	537.68167 samples/min Submissions: 83
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	477.295327 samples/min Submissions: 300
Blender 5.0.0 / CPU / Windows	452.299043 samples/min Submissions: 10
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Linux	556.900449 samples/min Submissions: 16
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows	530.322214 samples/min Submissions: 26

More tests: 4

Test and settings	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux	526.696556 samples/min Submissions: 26
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	515.39885 samples/min Submissions: 63
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Linux	542.151365 samples/min Submissions: 18
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	495.186443 samples/min Submissions: 34

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Test	Result	Reported conditions
Cinebench 2024 / multi-core	1818 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
Cinebench 2024 / single-core	138 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
Cinebench R15 / multi-core	5008 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
Cinebench R15 / single-core	353 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
Cinebench R20 / multi-core	12551 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
Cinebench R20 / single-core	885 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
Cinebench R23 / multi-core	32172 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
Cinebench R23 / single-core	2253 points	Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows

Result	Reported conditions
17043.32413 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows System RAM: 32 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. / B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI (MS-7E24) Duration: 58.674 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.