Information about the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  4
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Technical and quantitative specifications of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  12
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  24
• Turbo (12 Cores)
  4.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Core architecture
  normal

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in AMD Ryzen 9 5900X along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo

List of video codecs supported by the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  No
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  No

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• ECC
  Yes
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
  4.0
• PCIe lanes
  20

Support for AES-NI encryption on the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU.

• AES-NI
  Yes

Let's find out what TDP has the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  105 W
• TDP (PL2)
  142 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  7 nm
• Socket
  AM4
• Release date
  Q4/2020

List of devices based on AMD Ryzen 9 5900X.

• Used in
  Unknown