With 12 cores and 24 threads, this is still a mighty CPU, of course, even if it’s based on the now-aging Zen 3 architecture. However, while it was once one of the most powerful gaming CPUs and multi-threaded monsters in one potent chip, there are plenty of new kids on the block looking to usurp the Ryzen 9 5900X for both gaming and more multi-threaded workloads. Read more
With two core complex dies (CCDs), the CPU has much the same setup as the 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X, and it still has access to the full 64MB L3 cache these dies offer, despite having four of its cores disabled. That figure still pales compared to the 96MB on offer with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D courtesy of its 3D V-Cache, but there are also some seriously high frequencies on offer with the 5900X, with single cores able to hit 4.8GHz, and all 12 cores can sit at 4.1GHz when they’re churning through multi-threaded workloads.
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