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Ryzen 5 9600X Spec and Price in the United Kingdom

AM56 cores / 12 threads

Released August 8, 2024 ·

A six-core, 12-thread Zen 5 part boosting to 5.4GHz at a 65W TDP, sharing the 9700X's 32MB of L3 cache despite the smaller core count. Against the non-X Ryzen 5 9600, the X suffix buys a 200MHz higher boost clock at the cost of a bundled cooler. It targets gamers and everyday builds rather than heavily threaded work, and ships unlocked without one.

Tied 23rd of 65 models in the CPU catalog on Boost clock — 8 models share this figure. Tied 32nd of 65 models in the CPU catalog on L3 cache — 13 models share this figure.

Current best price
£139.99Price too old to confirm

Prices include VAT.

The last tracked price for Ryzen 5 9600X in the United Kingdom was £139.99 at Amazon.co.uk, captured 2026-10-07. Across one tracked merchant and 536 days of recorded prices, the 90-day median for Ryzen 5 9600X is £166.98 and the lowest recorded price is £119.99. This site began capturing prices on July 30, 2026; for Amazon listings, prices dated earlier come from Keepa's price history.

Captured periodically and may have changed.

Price history

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May 12, 202690 data pointstoday · £139.99

Each point is one day's recorded price, not a list price. Points dated before July 30, 2026, when this site began capturing prices, come from Keepa's Amazon price history. How we track prices

Specifications

Cores
6
Threads
12
Socket
AM5
Boost clock
5.4 GHz
Base clock
3.9 GHz
L3 cache
32 MB
L2 cache
6 MB
TDP
65 W
Integrated graphics
Yes
Architecture
Zen 5
Process node
TSMC 4nm FinFET
Integrated GPU
AMD Radeon Graphics
Memory support
DDR5-5600
PCIe generation
5
PCIe lanes
24
Unlocked
Yes
Included cooler
No

What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 1 source(s), reviewed September 13, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Top-notch single-threaded performance with strong efficiency and thermal behaviour, and multi-core performance improved over the previous generation.

Commonly criticised

  • Gaming performance has not advanced, the price is hard to justify, and it trails the competing chips in threaded work.

Sources behind this summary

Guides for this category

How to choose a desktop CPUA chip's socket decides what it can go into; cores, cache and TDP decide what you actually get once it's installed.How many CPU cores you actually needWhy more cores is not more speed, how gaming and productivity ask for cores differently, and why a core count alone never ranks two chips.When a CPU price is actually goodWhy a chip's list price and discount percentage tell you little, what a processor's price does over its life, and how to read its tracked history.Laptop CPU vs desktop CPUA mobile chip with the same core count is not the same processor — what the power envelope changes, and why these parts carry no price.

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.

The MSRP above came from this source instead, tracked separately from the specs.