Name: Ryzen 5 9600X
Brand: AMD
SKU: 47228908
Price: 161 CHF
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (76 reviews)

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The new price-performance king for gamers, featuring 6 cores and 12 threads, running with just a 65W TDP. The 9600X is ideal for gamers looking to transition to the AM5 platform, offering excellent gaming performance and access to the latest technologies at a very affordable price.

As with all processors in the Ryzen 9000 series, PCIe 5 is enabled on this part, and integrated Radeon graphics with RDNA2 are also available for multimedia and office tasks, or for users upgrading while waiting for their GPU. Owners of existing AM5-compatible air or AIO liquid coolers can reuse their cooler, as the 9600X remains very cool during gaming and real-world applications thanks to the efficiency of the Zen 5 architecture.

Motherboard BIOS update might be needed to support this CPU, check  support pages of your motherboard manufacturer for details about CPU support.

Actual product image AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (AM5, 3.90 GHz, 6 -Core)

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Number of processor cores

A multi-core processor (or chip-level multiprocessor, CMP) combines two or more independent cores (normally a CPU) into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit (IC), called a die, or more dies packaged together. A dual-core processor contains two cores, and a quad-core processor contains four cores.

Number of threads

Max. TDP

The thermal design power (TDP), sometimes called thermal design point, refers to the maximum amount of power the cooling system in a computer is required to dissipate. For example, a laptop's CPU cooling system may be designed for a 20 watt TDP, which means that it can dissipate up to 20 watts of heat without exceeding the maximum junction temperature for the computer chip. It can do this using an active cooling method such as a fan or any of the three passive cooling methods, convection, thermal radiation or conduction. Typically, a combination of methods is used. The TDP is typically not the most power the chip could ever draw, such as by a power virus, but rather the maximum power that it would draw when running "real applications". This ensures the computer will be able to handle essentially all applications without exceeding its thermal envelope, or requiring a cooling system for the maximum theoretical power (which would cost more but in favor of extra headroom for processing power).

L3 Cache

Another issue is the fundamental tradeoff between cache latency and hit rate. Larger caches have better hit rates but longer latency. To address this tradeoff, many computers use multiple levels of cache, with small fast caches backed up by larger slower caches.

Multi-level caches generally operate by checking the smallest Level 1 (L1) cache first; if it hits, the processor proceeds at high speed. If the smaller cache misses, the next larger cache (L2) is checked, and so on, before external memory is checked.

As the latency difference between main memory and the fastest cache has become larger, some processors have begun to utilize as many as three levels of on-chip cache.

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Featuring a low TDP of 65W, the processor consumes minimal power and is easy to cool.

High Energy Efficiency

Six processor cores and twelve threads, paired with a 3.9 GHz base clock and 32 MB of L3 cache, deliver reliable performance for gaming and everyday tasks.

Solid Computing Performance

The processor requires the AM5 socket with support for PCIe 5 and may require a prior BIOS update for older motherboards.

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