AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X Offer Excellent Linux Performance
The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors, priced at $279 and $359, respectively, deliver strong Linux performance, compatibility with AM5 motherboards, and outperform Intel's 14th Gen Core CPUs.
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The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors, part of the new Zen 5 architecture, are set to launch with strong performance metrics, particularly in Linux environments. The Ryzen 5 9600X features 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 3.9GHz and a boost clock of 5.4GHz, priced at $279. The Ryzen 7 9700X offers 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.8GHz and a boost clock of 5.5GHz, launching at $359. Both processors demonstrate significant performance improvements over their predecessors and outperform Intel's 14th Gen Core CPUs in various benchmarks. Compatibility with existing AM5 motherboards is straightforward, requiring only a BIOS update. However, there are minor issues with Linux support, such as the need for a patch for power consumption monitoring and delayed compiler support for the new architecture. Despite these quirks, the overall Linux performance and support for the Ryzen 9000 series are commendable, making them a strong choice for users focused on Linux workloads.
- AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X show excellent performance in Linux.
- The processors are competitively priced at $279 and $359, respectively.
- Compatibility with existing AM5 motherboards simplifies the upgrade process.
- Minor Linux support issues include a patch needed for power monitoring.
- Overall, the Ryzen 9000 series offers strong performance advantages over Intel's latest offerings.
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12 commentsHowever, there are some sites where the interpretation of similar results is ridiculous, for instance TechSpot.
On that site, the author complains that e.g. 9700X is faster than 7700X in the multi-threaded benchmarks by only a few percent. Nevertheless, the author fails to mention that 7700X is configured for an 105 W TDP, while 9700X is configured for a 65 W TDP.
For most of the new series, AMD has chosen a default configuration that favors energy efficiency over speed. Therefore, in the default configuration most of the improvements result in a much higher energy efficiency and an only slightly higher speed in multi-threaded benchmarks. The results measured by the reviewer were exactly as expected and the complaints make absolutely no sense.
After that, the reviewer notices that the new series show a lower power consumption by a few tens of watts, but then the reviewer complains that when compared to the entire computer system power consumption that means only around 10%, so it is not impressive.
However, the reviewer fails to point that this computer system includes an RTX 4090, which alone has a power consumption comparable with a couple of normal desktops. The reviewed computer has a power consumption around 500 W, many times greater than a normal desktop computer. Therefore a power saving that would be huge for a normal desktop appears modest for such a behemoth. Again, the complaints are ridiculous.
Moreover, the reviewer fails to notice that in single-threaded benchmarks the new Zen 5 CPUs match or even exceed the fastest Raptor Lake CPUs, despite the latter having much higher clock frequencies. That means that when the faster Zen 5 models will be launched next week, they will beat easily any Intel CPU in single-threaded benchmarks.
These results are excellent, and not a failure, like the weird reviewer concludes.
Moreover, that bad review has not tested the domains where Zen 5 has up to double performance when compared to any previous desktop CPU, like floating-point computations, cryptography or ML/AI. These use cases alone are a good enough reason for upgrades for many of those who use such CPUs for professional purposes and not for games.
I remember when AMD was the budget choice that threw raw speed and cores at the problem with CPUs like the FX 83XX chips and Intel was the real player (memories of building my first computer in high school). I love the switch up. I hope Intel can get their comeback as well (without just throwing 240W at the processor). I love some competition in the x86 market.
Did a 3700X -> 5800x3D upgrade for a last gasp of AM4 and at this pace I'll probably wait till what zen 6? 7?
Competitive Price, leading in most performance matrices with very good power consumption numbers. That really is a Home run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF_bMt9fVm0
On average, 9700X is few percent faster than 7700X, and has slightly lower consumption. Upgrading from Zen 3/Zen 4 not warranted.
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