AMD Ryzen 5 9600X ES CPU Overclocked to 5.7 GHz, 14% Faster Than 7600X

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X ES computer chip Overclocked To 5.7 GHz Across Each of the Six Zen 5 Cores, Up To 14% Faster Than 7600X

New benchmarks of AMD’s Ryzen 5 9600X “Zen 5” Desktop CPU have leaked, showing an impressive 5.7 GHz all-core overclock.

The latest AMD Ryzen 5 9600X “Zen 5” desktop CPU leak, uncovered by HXL (@9550pro), reveals incredible overclocking capabilities with new performance benchmarks at 5.7 GHz across all six Zen 5 cores.

Starting with the specifications, the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is the entry-level desktop CPU in the Ryzen 9000 lineup, featuring the same Zen 5 core architecture as the rest of the Granite Ridge family. The chip offers 6 cores, 12 threads, a base clock of 3.9 GHz, and a boost clock of 5.4 GHz. It includes a 384 KB L1, 6 MB L2, and 32 MB L3 cache and has one CCD with 2 cores disabled.

We recently reported the chip’s performance in the AIDA64 Cache & Memory benchmark, where it achieved nearly twice the bandwidth gain over its predecessor thanks to its new and powerful Zen 5 cores. Now, the chip has been tested in CPU-z with a 5.7 GHz overclock, a +300 MHz boost over its stock boost clock of 5.4 GHz. Note that this overclock is across all cores, whereas the 5.4 GHz frequency is a single-core boost, with the average all-core boost around 5.0-5.1 GHz.

In terms of performance, the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU, overclocked to 5.7 GHz, scored 871.4 points in the single-core and 7096.6 points in the multi-threaded benchmark. Compared to the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU at stock, this shows a 14% lead in single-core and a 13% lead in multi-core scores. The same stock ES chip offered similar performance at stock speeds. We still expect the final performance numbers with such overclocks to be much higher, but the overclocking demonstrated here is impressive. A 5.7 GHz all-core, if achieved on an AIO, is a significant improvement compared to the existing Ryzen 5 7600X CPUs, which max out around 5.4-5.5 GHz.

Additionally, the smaller 1T and NT performance in CPU-z can be attributed to the benchmark itself. With Zen 4, chips saw a +1% IPC uplift in CPU-z, which is likely the same case with Zen 5. Zen 5’s overall IPC improvement over Zen 4 is 16% across various workloads.

So, in the end, it looks like AMD has a lot to offer overclockers with its Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” CPUs. The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X runs at up to 5.7 GHz boost clocks, so we might expect a 6 GHz or higher OC number for that chip in the right conditions and on high-end liquid cooling setups.

AMD Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” Desktop CPUs Preliminary Specs: