AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Takes Aim at Intel: Can 12 Cores Compete?

AMD's Newest Desktop Processor, the Ryzen 9 9900X, Undergoes First Tests Leaked benchmarks for AMD's yet-to-be-released Ryzen 9000 series processor, specifically the Ryzen 9 9900X, have surfaced online, and the results are raising eyebrows. Fewer Cores, Higher Performance? While competitors like Intel's i7-147000 and Core i9-14900K boast 20 and 24 cores respectively, the new Ryzen 9 9900X will feature 12 Zen 5 cores. Despite this, early reports suggest that AMD is positioning this processor as a rival to Intel's top-tier offering. In Cinebench R23 tests, the Ryzen 9 9900X scores an impressive 33,000 points with standard settings. Enabling Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) pushes the score to 34,500, a remarkable 14% and 18% improvement over the Ryzen 9 7900X in both scenarios. Notably, the new CPU achieves this with a lower TDP, even though both processors share the same core count and 5.6 GHz maximum frequency. Compared to Intel's Core i7-14700K, the 9900X scores sligh…