Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 5 9600X — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 5 9600X. All released in 2024. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 5 5500U

Full Ryzen 5 5500U benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 5

Ryzen 5 9600X

6 cores65W TDP$279 MSRP2024

Full Ryzen 5 9600X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 5500U	Ryzen 5 9600X
cores	—	6
threads	—	12
boost clock ghz	—	5.4
tdp w	—	65
l3 cache mb	—	32
socket	—	AM5

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 5500U	Ryzen 5 9600X
Cinebench R23 multi	7,209 points	16,286 points
Cinebench R23 single	1,172 points	2,157 points
Geekbench 6 multi	5,368 points	14,940 points
Geekbench 6 single	1,469 points	3,334 points
PassMark CPU Mark	12,649 points	30,089 points
PassMark Single Thread	2,393 points	4,571 points
PassMark single-thread	—	4,571 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy	—	280 rank
Y-cruncher 1B	—	25 seconds
Y-cruncher 1B digits	—	25 seconds

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.