News Alleged Ryzen 9 9900X result puts AMD on top as single-threaded CPU champ in Geekbench

[Admin]

A purported AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Geekbench 6 CPU test run has been surfaced by Benchleaks. The single-threaded score of 3,401 points is remarkable, and if genuine it would go straight to the top of the Geekbench 6 processor benchmark charts.

Alleged Ryzen 9 9900X result puts AMD on top as single-threaded CPU champ in Geekbench : Read more

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Make a note that we are comparing just 1 benchmark score of this CPU against the remaining Geekbench data which has a much larger score base for other processors, so the results can be a bit skewed.

If we take the average scores of Intel's previous gen flagships, the Intel Core i9-14900KS scores roughly around 3189/3250 points, so this new Zen 5 is still faster in the Single core test. Same can be said for the Core i9-14900K as well. MT scores are lower though.

Also, we don't know whether this AMD chip was running with PBO enabled or not, and it might also be possible that INTEL chips were running the "Intel Baseline Default" profile settings which can further reduce the performance.

In any case, by AMD's own metric, Zen 5's IPC uplift saw a 19% increase, vs Zen 4.

Because compared to the Ryzen 9 7900X 12-core Zen 4 processor, the Ryzen 9 9900X delivers a 16% uplift in the single-core and 11% uplift in the multi-core test.

 

[TechyIT223]

Is this an engineering sample or final retail version? scores still sound reasonable though.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Retail version for sure. Not an engineering sample.

 

[m3city]

It's impressive, but don't you know any other English idiom than the salty one? I mean - any leaked benchmark, vendor provided results come up - a pinch of salt comes up as well...

 

[TechyIT223]

It's impressive, but don't you know any other English idiom than the salty one? I mean - any leaked benchmark, vendor provided results come up - a pinch of salt comes up as well...

Some of my vague ideas.🤪

"Exercise the leaked data with caution."
"Approach carefully."
"Use scepticism".
"Take it with doubt".

There's more. Let me think.

 

[passivecool]

Yes, reading toms is shovels of salt every year.

 

[TechyIT223]

Well then something has to be believed to keep the leak and rumour 🔦 touch alive and active 😀

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

One Cinebench leaked score.

Here an Arrow Lake ES2 part has also been tested against the R9 9950X Zen 5 CPU. Also, one early tester claims that the processor when set to 65W, the Ryzen 9 9950X can match the Intel Core i9-12900K at a quarter of the power draw.

 

[vinay2070]

I wonder how the ARL yeilds are, any possibility that the launch may goto next year? Intel foundries are always struggling.

 

[TerryLaze]

One Cinebench leaked score.

Here an Arrow Lake ES2 part has also been tested against the R9 9950X Zen 5 CPU. Also, one early tester claims that the processor when set to 65W, the Ryzen 9 9950X can match the Intel Core i9-12900K at a quarter of the power draw.

With 65W having a PPT of 88W that would be 352W ,and not that you can't get a 12900k to go that high but extreme overclocks are extremely inefficient, you only gain very few percentages of performance for huge amounts of more power, so...duh.

 

[KnightShadey]

9600X @ 5.47Ghz & 9700X @ 5.57 to add to the list.
So slightly (70Mhz) above original 'max boost' specs of 5.4 and 5.5 respectively, but inline with rumours of a possible bump before launch.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-7-9700x-and-ryzen-5-9600x-geekbench-tests-have-been-leaked

3284 / 14594 and 3312 / 16431 respectively.

The 9600X outpacing the avg i9-14900K as well as the typical 7950X with it's boost clock of 5.7Ghz.
Well ahead of the 7600, keeping with the trend that it's more than just OC uptick, but a bigger boost for the 9600X ~21/14% vs the 9700x uplift of ~14/8% .

Unsurprisingly still trailing a bit in MT, but the 9950X has yet to make an appearance, which should make a better challenger for the MT numbers.

While the article mentions these were all tested on the same platform, I doubt the 9950X is coming along soon, as it looks like these were tested top to bottom chronologically, so likely 9900 was the top one available.

 

[TheHerald]

I'm getting 19k on a STOCK 12900k. Those numbers are disappointing - usual AMD. The 9950x will be a beast, but anything below that will be mediocre as per the usual the last 3 generations. Especially when the prices are announced, 399$ for an 8core...insanity

 

[TheHerald]

the Ryzen 9 9950X can match the Intel Core i9-12900K at a quarter of the power draw.

If 65w is the TDP which means 88w that's not particularly good. The 7950x (and the 13900k) already match a 12900k at around 90 watts.

 

[Dementoss]

It's impressive, but don't you know any other English idiom than the salty one? I mean - any leaked benchmark, vendor provided results come up - a pinch of salt comes up as well...

What's your problem? Everybody knows what "take with a pinch of salt means", so it does the job. In an article like this, clarity is more important than inventive use of English.

 

[m3city]

What's your problem? Everybody knows what "take with a pinch of salt means", so it does the job. In an article like this, clarity is more important than inventive use of English.

Well, you are correct - I'd wish writers used a little bit different wording to underline, that the results may not be fully reliable. Or is it really neccessary on a portal like TH for such news piece? It sounds silly, when you read about that pinch of salt EVERY time. I would not say unproffesional, because writing here is indeed proffesional (on point, detailed, nuanced where neccessary). I guess that average TH reader is qualified enough to critically review news regarding leaked data without warnings.

 

[TechyIT223]

What's your problem? Everybody knows what "take with a pinch of salt means", so it does the job. In an article like this, clarity is more important than inventive use of English.

Just chill dude. No need to get hyper on this issue.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Another score, but this time from CPU-Z benchmark.

The chip scored 878.1 points in single and 13572 points in multi-core. The single-core performance seems close to the i9-13900K, while the multi-core performance is lower than the Core i7-14700K (as per the tester).