Leaked benchmarks for AMD's Ryzen 9000 and upcoming mid-range 9600X and 9700X processors have appeared online, showing purportedly significant performance improvements over Team Red's current Ryzen 7000 equivalents.
As spotted by Videocardz, Geekbench 6 scores have appeared for both of these next-gen Zen 5 processors, showing impressive results (add spice as always with leaks).
The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (with six cores and 12 threads) managed an impressive 3284 single-core and 14,594 multi-core. For reference, this is around 6% faster than the high-end Intel Core i9-14900K, but the Ryzen CPU will obviously be available at a much cheaper price.
As for the 9600X’s multi-core performance, it’s solid, but unsurprisingly slower than Intel’s 14th Gen Core i7 and i9 processors, as well as the higher-end Ryzen 7000 chips due to its higher core and thread count. However, that score of 14,594 is still 13% faster than the current AMD Ryzen 7600X. So, overall, these are impressive numbers for a six-core CPU.
Something similar is true of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 9700X processor, which has a single-core score of 3,312 and a multi-core score of 16,431 (again on Geekbench 6). To put that into context, it’s 7% faster than Intel’s 14900K in the former category, even if it can’t compete in terms of multi-core performance. Still, for an eight-core processor, these numbers are encouraging.
Comparing the 9700X to the current 7700X, the upgrade to Zen 5 sees a sizable 13% improvement in single-core performance and 7% in multi-core performance. While that likely won’t be enough to persuade 7700X owners to upgrade, gamers will certainly benefit from that single-core performance boost if they’re jumping onto Team Red’s Ryzen platform for the first time.
AMD looks set to continue its commitment to value for gamers
Single-core performance remains the most important factor when it comes to gaming, and both of the latest-gen Ryzen CPUs deliver in this regard with flying colors. If the leaked Geekbench 6 results are accurate, the Ryzen 9600X and 9700X could be considered among the best processors for the money.
So if all this plays out well, it will be encouraging to see the relatively inexpensive Ryzen chips outperform rivals' flagship offerings in some ways, even if they're not as good for creativity or productivity.
