AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Review, Extremely BAD Value!

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Video Index
00:00 - Welcome to Hardware Unboxed
00:31 - Ryzen 5 9600X
01:20 - Test System Specs
01:28 - Zen 5 is not as efficient as you’ve been told!
03:14 - Cinebench 2024
03:52 - Cinebench 2024 Power
04:07 - 7-Zip File Manager
04:27 - Blender Open Data
04:43 - Corona 10 Benchmark
05:03 - Adobe Photoshop 2024
05:21 - Adobe Premiere Pro 2024
05:34 - Baldur's Gate 3
05:48 - The Last of Us Part 1
06:02 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
06:23 - Hogwarts Legacy
06:34 - Assetto Corsa Competizione
06:53 - Spider-Man Remastered
07:03 - Homeworld 3
07:11 - A Plague Tale: Requiem
07:25 - Counter-Strike 2
07:48 - Starfield
07:58 - Horizon Forbidden West
08:09 - Hitman 3
08:17 - Watch Dogs: Legion
08:26 - 13 Game Average
08:53 - Power Gaming
09:27 - Cost per Frame CPU
09:57 - Cost per Frame Upgrade
10:16 - Final Thoughts

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Review, Very BAD Value!

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Outro music by David Vonk/DaJaVo

[Norim_]

AMD never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

[Kbyte]

Oh man, he's standing up again! Please don't do this to us Steve.

[Karti]

Ryzen 9000 series - it is the best advertisement AMD could ever made for Ryzen 7000 series.

[nlhwuhm]

This is the 4060 Ti vs 3060 Ti situation all over again

[GeorgeD]

Sitting Steve: General information, comparisons, neutral analysis.
Standing Steve: Menacing, bad news, bad product, critcism.
Hopefully some time in the future, when a killer high-quality product is released (highly unlikely): Steve sitting sideways with his feet on the desk.

[martinxyz]

Now Steve is gonna be angry till Zen 6! What have you done AMD...

[gamerstimes]

AMD: he's just standing there menacingly D:

[MrDilldock]

They should have named these the 9600 and 9700 and used the X for a higher TDP.

[CoffehKittehGrey]

Imagine competing with only yourself and losing.

[KimBoKastekniv]

Ryzen 5 1600X = 100%
Ryzen 5 2600X = 110%
Ryzen 5 3600X = 131%
Ryzen 5 5600X = 157%
Ryzen 5 7600X = 193%
Ryzen 5 9600X = 194%
AMD's Skylake moment.

[schnitz]

AMD just released their new architecture, ZEN 5%.

[theSeventhDruid]

Also noticed how people love to ignore non-x chips of 7xxx series to praise efficiency of 9xxx series. Those should be called 9700 and 9600

[krimzon]

Intel: "There's still hope!"

[panderson]

I'm on AM4 still with a 5800X3D, I see no reason to upgrade.

[MarkSerenadesYou]

Steve- "PBO isn't doing anything"
Literally everyone else- "Up to 20% with PBO"

[laserad]

I bought 7500f last month on discount. Turns out I was buying new generation.

[MrRedRye]

Aside from the fact the lineup is mediocre in terms of performance, AMD are yet again releasing products at too high an MSRP and will likely reduce it in the coming weeks or months. Every time they do this, they cause unfavourable day 1 reviews which will be seen by potential customers for the entire lifecycle of the part.

[BangHJL]

Steve standing is like your dad calling you by your full name. You're definitely in trouble. 😅

[Cbblers]

I don't know whether to be surprised that Linus's video sings the praises of both the 9600x and 9700x.

But there are serious ongoing questions about integrity at LTT so maybe not surprising.

[aboutninjas]

Some reviewers such as der8auer, adjusted PBO and saw up to a 25 percent increase in performance. Why wasn't this done with your reviews of the 9600 and 9700? Perhaps you should adjust PBO like they did and share your thoughts?