AMD's Ryzen 9600X 6-core AM5 CPU is just $156 if you have Amazon Prime

Recently we covered some of the best AMD Radeon and Nvidia GeForce desktop graphics card deals on the occasion of Amazon Prime Day 2025. You can find the deals in this dedicated article.

A good desktop discrete card also needs a powerful CPU to be paired up with it. On that front, there are some really good Ryzen 9000 as well as 7000 series parts that are discounted. For example, the 6-core Ryzen 5 9600X is currently only $156 (purchase link under the specs list below) with Amazon Prime.

The 9600X (not to be confused with the new 9600X3D). The AMD Ryzen 9600X is based on the latest Zen 5 design and is the company's best chip to date. This desktop CPU has six cores and 12 threads; it competes with Intel's 12th Gen i7 for productivity performance, and is almost as good as the 14th Gen i7 for gaming.

The SKU does not include a cooler and so you will need to buy one separately. The technical specifications of the Ryzen 5 9600X are given below:

• Architecture: Zen 5
• Process Technology: TSMC 4nm FinFET manufacturing process
• Core Count: 6 cores
• Thread Count: 12 threads
• Base Clock Frequency: 3.9 GHz
• Max Boost Clock Frequency: 5.4 GHz
• Total Cache: 6 MB + 32 MB (L2 + L3)
• Thermal Design Power (TDP): 65W
• PCI Express Version: PCIe 5.0 28 lanes (usable: 24)
• Overclocking: Unlocked for overclocking
• TjMax: 95 C
• Platform Socket: AM5
• Memory capacity support: max 192 GB DDR5

• Memory Speed: 2x1R DDR5-5600, 2x2R DDR5-5600, 4x1R DDR5-3600, 4x2R DDR5-3600

Get it at the links below:

• AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (includes Radeon 2CU Integrated Graphics) - 100-100001405WOF: $156.00 (Shipped and Sold by Amazon US with Prime)

You can also check out these other Ryzen Prime Day 2025 deals in this article.

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