Update: AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Gaming Performance

AMD Ryzen 9000 Series

The AMD Ryzen 9000 Series offers the new “Zen 5” architecture, which was initially seen in high-end laptops earlier this summer, in a broad range of desktop CPUs. As productiveness, content creation, and AI applications go, “Zen 5” may be at the forefront, but the community has realistic expectations that the Ryzen 9000 Series will deliver more even greater gaming performance than the preliminary evaluations suggest.

AMD value community input greatly, and today AMD has two changes that are pertinent to you:

• Why reviewer data is different from gaming data generated by AMD: AMD’s internal laboratories produced data for our Ryzen 9000 launch that demonstrated an average generational boost of 9% in 1080P gaming when compared to the Ryzen 7000 Series, as well as an average 6% greater performance across over thirty games when compared to the top of the competition. Because there are so many software and system factors in high-performance PC testing nowadays, not all reviewers are getting these results, which is indicative of the complexity of the process. Certain Ryzen 9000 reviews have different ratings for a variety of reasons.
  • A large selection of AAA, esports, and well-known older games both CPU- and GPU-bound are included in the AMD gaming test suite. The test suite composition can have a big impact on the results of game performance.
  • AMD examined Intel setups with similar DDR5-6000 RAM and the default Intel power profile, which may have a minor effect on gaming performance.
  • AMD employs Windows Virtualization-based Security (VBS) enabled during testing as well. Although Microsoft advises turning on VBS to increase security, this is how Windows behaves by default and may have an impact on game performance.
  • The “Zen 5” architecture offers a larger branch prediction capacity than previous “Zen” generations. The results of AMD’s automated testing approach, which was conducted in “Admin” mode, show optimizations in the branch prediction code that were not available in the Windows reviewers version that was used to test the Ryzen 9000 Series. Below is an additional update on users’ access to this performance.

Because of this, the Ryzen 9000 Series offers industry-leading performance in productivity, AI applications, and content production. The Ryzen 9000 Series outperforms the Ryzen 7000 Series in terms of gaming performance, AI tasks, productivity, and creativity by about 25%, 10%, and 5%, respectively, across generational comparisons.

In comparison to the competition, the Ryzen 9000 Series outperforms it by double digits in productivity and creator applications, has an approximately 30% advantage in AI workloads, and is equal in gaming when using the most popular games mentioned in the reviews. These comparisons are made using the competition’s extreme power delivery profile, higher memory speed, and optimal settings.

Enabling the “Zen 5” architecture even further: Here’s AMD suggestion for “Zen 5” users to maximize performance. Windows11, version 24H2, with optimized AMD-specific branch prediction code will be available in preview via the Windows Insider Program (Release Preview Channel – Build 26100) or by downloading the ISO from this link. Performance can vary depending on the application and parameters, but here’s an example of what to expect with Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs running 24H2:

Although “Zen 5” will benefit the most from this Windows update, “Zen 4” and “Zen 3” will also experience improved performance. AMD will shortly be working with Microsoft to make this optional update available to all Windows 11 customers.

AMD also like to acknowledge and express their gratitude to the reviewing community for all of their input and testing. AMD is using many of its observations to help hasten the creation of future AMD Ryzen firmware upgrades for Ryzen 9000 owners. AMD would also like to know what the community thinks of the Ryzen 9000 series. AMD will continue to leverage community and press comments, as AMD has done with every new architecture, to fine-tune and optimize, giving Ryzen consumers the greatest possible performance.

Ryzen 9000 Series CPU

AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Pricing

The Ryzen 9000 series pricing is as follows:

• Ryzen 9 9950X: $499
• Ryzen 9 9900X: $399
• Ryzen 7 9700X: $299
• Ryzen 5 9600X: $229

These are AMD’s suggested retail prices, or MSRPs. The actual cost may differ based on the merchant and the area.