Stop, Intel’s Already Dead! - AMD Ryzen 9600X & 9700X Review

AMD’s Zen 5 processors are here, starting with the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X. Is it worth it to upgrade from first gen 3D V-Cache, let alone the 7000 series chips? Time to find out!

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Improvements
1:40 Gaming
4:57 Productivity
6:03 Power Consumption
7:53 Thermals
8:33 Branch Prediction
9:20 Cons
10:15 PBO
11:15 Conclusion
13:35 Outro

[thesilverwolf]

I don’t think this is the real Slim Shady…

[chandrashishkukrety]

We got Canadian Homelander before GTA 6

[georgiospappas]

I am very confused how this is the only tech channel that shows the 9700x beating x3d chips when all other channels have the 9700x lagging behind significantly

[JayNicolasHackleman]

Did Linus just say streets ahead? Holy crap. They're not streets behind!

[huskyg]

We've come full circle. Looking back at AMD in 2014, pre-Ryzen, versus now in 2024 is crazy. Intel used to have an unchallenged crown. AMD has engineered themselves out of an impossible hole.

[JerKKeR]

Therapist: Linus Shady isn't real, he can't hurt you
The real Linus Shady:

[richardjeffriesmuntu]

and the cycle continues

2004 - Intel flopped with Pentium 4 (preshot) while AMD is winning hard with Athlon 64 and their first dualcores
2014 - AMD flopped and almost went bankrupt with their flop of a bulldozer arch while Intel is winning hard with their unbeatably efficient Haswell architecture
2024 - Intel flopped with their hot and unstable Raptor Lake CPUs while AMD is winning hard with Zen 4 and Zen 5


Though AMD in 2024 isn't competing against Intel anymore, theyre currently the only company who is able to fend off the ARM invasion and they should continue to innovate or else Apple and Qualcomm will take their place, so no AMD won't give us 5% performance uplifts and infinite refreshes unlike Intel back in 2014.

[theslenderfox]

8:02 If lower is better then lowest temp should be at the top of the list. Humans innately view up as better so it makes it intuitive to put the better thing at the top.

[MickLoaca]

Linus to Intel: "Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings"

[agentfoxmulder]

Remember the guy who invested 700k in intel stock

[harrysingh]

why everybody want intel dead ? if intels dead, amd will b new intel. competition is necessary to keep both ends checked.

[drewliveryboy]

Me: I want the real Slim Shady
Mom: We have that at home

[OrionCV]

I cant wait to make imaginary PC partpicker lists with these cpus while i sit here with my 10th gen intel

[ThatZidaneGuy]

Babyface Linus: Base Form
Bearded Linus: Second Form
Trimmed Linus: Third Form
Slim Shady Linus: Ultimate Form

Edit: HOLY CRAP THE LIKES ON THIS!!! Thanks, everyone!

[SURO]

Weird every other reputable website says the Ryzen 9000 are a absolute fail ...

[AxelRichardson]

Linus, a slight suggestion, can you guys improve color coding so it is easier to see at a glance. Like you use red bars when HIGHER is better and blue bars when LOWER is better. (or highlight lower/higher)

[spectacularabro]

Just drank a fifth of pc coolant, dare me to drive?

[a.higgins]

Absolutely incredible that the 5800X3D is punching this hard compared architectures that are 2 gens newer than it, and still winning in a few scenarios.

Long live AM4.

[nikolakostic]

How come your gaming results are so wildly different from Hardware unboxed?

[reeceniblett]

Yeh, it’s only a 1-3% upgrade. When you activate pbo it uses like 80% more power for 1% more performance. This review is bs.