Newly released AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is already getting overclocked, and the results are in
AMD just launched two of the processors, Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X, from its newest Zen 5 lineup, and overclockers are already lining up to share the CPU's performance.
Earlier in July, AMD showcased a demo at the Tech Day event, where the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X broke several records and showed some impressive performance. Most notably, the processor was overclocked to 6.6GHz on all 16 cores and consumed around 552W of power.
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However, now an Indonesian overclocker shared that he had overclocked the entry-level Ryzen 5 9600X, one of the CPUs that was launched today, to almost 7GHz. As can be seen, this number has surpassed what the Ryzen 9 9950X could achieve in the demo.
Alva Jonathan, aka Lucky Noob, is the Indonesian overclocker who managed to clock the new Zen 5 CPU to 6999.36 MHz, which is almost 7GHz. The overclocker used an MSI MEG X670E ACE motherboard, LN2 cooling, and a pair of 32 GB DDR5 memory.
Further, as per some of the new entries on the HWBOT website, the CPU has broken quite a few records. It now grabs the top spot for Cinebench 2024 multi-core performance as well as Safedisk's HWBOT X265 1080p and 4K benchmarks
Considering that an entry-level CPU can reach up to 7GHz clock speeds, it will be exciting to see what the high-end chips from the Ryzen 9000 series can do.
In case you missed it, AMD today released two CPUs from the Ryzen 9000 series – Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X – after officially revealing their prices a day before. These CPUs are available for purchase on retail websites, including Amazon, BestBuy, and Newegg. You can keep track of the processors' availability with our guides for Ryzen 5 9600X and 9700X.
The other two processors – the Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X are scheduled to launch on August 15th. Considering that the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X were launched as scheduled in the US, it is safe to assume that we will see the next two CPUs on time as well.
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