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

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 87% to 122%, including 87% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,172).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5500U and the Ryzen 5 9600X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

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

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCGamesN, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, GadgetVersus, PassMark and Puget Systems; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 5500URyzen 5 9600X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCGamesN		 7,198 pts29,442 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, StorageReview, Tom's Hardware, PCGamesN		 1,172 pts2,192 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, GadgetVersus		 5,687 points14,869 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, GadgetVersus		 1,498 points3,330 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Puget Systems		 12,662 CPU Mark30,069 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,393 points4,571 pts
PassMark single-thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,571 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —280 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —25 seconds
Y-cruncher 1B digits (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —25 seconds

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Ryzen 5 5500U

No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 5 5500U benchmark page →

Ryzen 5 9600X

All Ryzen 5 9600X AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5500U or the Ryzen 5 9600X?

The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5500U on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 87% to 122%, including 87% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,172).

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