Ryzen 5 9600X vs Athlon 950

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated306
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data49.12
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data27.63
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date6 March 2000 (24 years ago)8 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999$279

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed0.95 GHz5.4 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm4 nm
Die size102 mm270.6 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million8,315 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAAM5
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AAMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2000 8 August 2024
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 180 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon 950 has 4.8% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 9600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 24 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 4400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 950 and Ryzen 5 9600X. We've got no test results to judge.


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