AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 12C/24T, 3.70-4.80GHz, boxed ohne Kühler

AMD hat Intel geschlagen und hat nun die schnellste Gaming-CPU am Markt. Intels Steckenpferd, die hohe Single-Core-Performance wurde sprichwörtlich pulverisiert.

AMD bleibt auf der Überholspur und erhöht den Druck auf seinen Konkurrenten weiter. Mit den ersten Ryzen-5000-Modellen fällt nun auch die letzte Intel-Bastion zu großen Teilen, denn dank der weiteren Verbesserungen innerhalb der Architektur konnte AMD die Latenzen deutlich verbessern und damit letztendlich vor allem in Single-Core-Anwendungen gegenüber Zen 2 oder gar Zen/Zen+ zulegen. Der König der Spieler-Prozessoren wird häufig bezwungen, der Prinz in Sachen Multicore bleibt die Konkurrenz aber weiterhin.

AMD hat sich im Vorfeld sehr selbstbewusst gezeigt und nichts weniger als die beste Architektur zum Spielen und Arbeiten versprochen. Nach Sichtung der Ergebnisse können wir das zweifelsfrei bestätigen. Speziell in Spielen ist die Performance des Ryzen 9 5950X und Ryzen 9 5900X absolut überzeugend und legt die Messlatte weiter nach oben. Nimmt man die moderne AM4-Plattform hinzu, welche bereits seit Sommer 2019 die Unterstützung für PCI-Express 4.0 durch den X570-I/O-Hub bietet, dürfte AMD ein frohes Weihnachtsfest bevorstehen.

Ryzen 5000 mit Zen 3 hält, was AMD verspricht: Ryzen 9 5950X, 5900X, Ryzen 7 5800X und Ryzen 5 5600X schlagen im Test Intel Core auch in Spielen. Die Redaktion analysiert AMDs neue „Hammer-CPU“ in umfassenden Benchmarks inklusive Blick auf IPC, Taktverhalten, (IF-)OC und Stromverbrauch.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X really sits in a category all its own. Its only real competition is the previous Ryzen 9 3950X and maybe some high-end desktop (HEDT) processors. The problem with comparing to HEDT processors is that the platform itself is more expensive. On both sides you are going to pay more for your motherboard and you and going to need to purchase a quad-channel memory kit rather than a dual-channel one. HEDT systems have their advantages in the memory like I mention, but also available PCI-Express lanes. So if you really need more lanes than what a mainstream X570 motherboard can offer than it is best to go the HEDT route.

Many will see today as an historic shift in computing power. With its new Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs, AMD has finally knocked Intel to the floor, and is raising its boxing gloves in victory as the flash bulbs pop and the ref declares a winner. The headline takeaway: Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 9 5950X have trounced Intel’s Core i9.

At the end of the day the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 5 5600X processors both left us impressed. AMD has delivered with Zen 3 and now you can drop one of these processors into an AMD 400 or 500 series chipset board and enjoy that impressive performance and efficiency. The community is the winner here and we all thank them for driving the Ryzen train for over 3-years and showing no sign of slowing down. AMD will be moving to the 5nm process with Zen 4 in late 2021 or early 2022 and we are already excited for that. This better be a big wakeup call to Intel as AMD is clearly done messing around and has successfully executed their roadmap.

We gave it away already in the very first lines of this review; the original ZEN design was bronze, ZEN2 silver, and ZEN3 truly is gold. The release of Ryzen 5000 probably will make a whole bunch of people at Intel nauseous as from every and any angle AMD now is faster. So that last bit you could nag about with a Ryzen proc is gone, strictly speaking from a hardware and performance point of view, of course. Not just that, AMD offers an infrastructural advantage as well with full PCIe Gen 4.0 compatibility throughout the eco-system. Arguably, the one thing we can label as abrogating is pricing; AMD is pushing it by adding an extra 50 USD premium on top of the entire range. In the end, though the consumer market is brutal, if a product is even 5 bucks too expensive, people will not buy it. I suspect that even despite that price premium of 50 bucks, this series still will be a ginormous hit. You've seen the numbers, is it worth it? Well, yes, we think it is. Also, we have to talk about some relativity here. An Intel HEDT platform with 10+ cores two years ago would cost you $1000 easily just for the processor, right now you can purchase as a 12-core beast for $549 or $799 for the 16-core ZEN3 part. To ease that pain of pricing a little, I do have some positive news on this front. AMD will bundle Far Cry 6 with select Ryzen 5000 processors, according to terms and conditions for the AMD rewards program listed on its website. The promotion is valid until December 31; far Cry 6 will be released H1 2021. But enough said about the coins and value.

AMD really is on a winning streak right now and there’s never been a better time to get onboard. There’s a fantastic range of motherboards out there, PCIe Gen4 has really developed well, and AM4 ultra-fast memory support has matured too. If you’re looking to build a Ryzen based gaming PC, the 5600X or the 5900X would be smart choices.

AMD comes armed to the winter 2020 desktop CPU party with Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 Series chips. Building upon the already impressive Ryzens that have gone before, this series focusses on improving single-thread performance through hard-nosed IPC improvements alongside cleaner, more efficient caching. The sum of those two gains is most readily felt in gaming, where mainstream Ryzen, once the poorer cousin, is now at least as fast as the best that Intel has to offer from its current Core line-up. AMD further extends its lead in applications that take advantage of multiple threads, without increasing the amount of power, so it's a win-win situation for the PCIe 4.0-compatible 5000 Series. Taking each chip in turn, Ryzen 9 5950X has no mainstream performance peer. It's faster than last year's 3950X through better architecture, and its IPC and caching benefits really come to the fore in FHD gaming. Want a chip for every tasks? This is it. Want a chip for massive multi-threaded performance on a regular platform? This is it. Want a great chip for gaming? This is, well, it. In that context, one can excuse the current hike over 3950X. If you can afford the £750 asking fee, go buy and overclock it. Ryzen 9 5900X naturally brings the same goodness to the table. Excelling in gaming thanks to Zen 3, it's much faster than rival Intel's premier 10-core processor for rendering tasks. Pricing is more key for this second-rung chip as it will go into a wider range of enthusiast systems, and £510 seems a fair outlay for a rudely capable processor. While the Ryzen 3000 Series XT chips were a marginal upgrade over the previous generation, Ryzen 5000 Series is far more worthy of investment. Recommended to power users and gamers alike.

AMD has done it again! Their new Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors bring yet another huge generation-over-generation improvement. Many years ago the naysayers had talked about AMD just grabbing the low-hanging fruit, and that these gains would soon be history—guess not. The new Ryzen 5000 processors have been rearchitected from the ground up, with impressive results.

As I said earlier in this review with AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series processors we are not getting a new process node, or new socket (which would mean new motherboards). When it comes to processors I actually get more excited for new motherboards when they get announced, but these will of course slot into current X570 and B550 motherboards. With the Ryzen 5000 Series we are however getting a brand new architecture, something AMD completely rebuilt from the ground up and were happy to explain to us at length.