Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 5900 is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 3% to 92%, including 92% in Cinebench R23 multi (20,978 vs 10,953).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5600 and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 5 5600

6 cores65W TDP$199 MSRP2022

Full Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

12 cores65W TDP

Full AMD Ryzen 9 5900 benchmarks →

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

Where to buy

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

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
cores	6	12
threads	12	24
base clock ghz	—	3
boost clock ghz	4.4	4.7
tdp w	65	65
memory bus	—	Dual-channel
l2 cache mb	—	6
l3 cache mb	32	64
process nm	—	7
socket	AM4	AMD Socket AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from TechPowerUp, CGDirector, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic, WePC, Geekbench Browser, NanoReview, PassMark and HWBOT; 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.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, CGDirector, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic	10,953 points	20,978 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, CGDirector, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic	1,462 points	1,594 points
Cinebench R23 single-core (higher is better) Source: WePC	1,306 pts	—
Geekbench 5 single-core (higher is better) Source: WePC	1,386 pts	—
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, NanoReview, GadgetVersus	8,674 points	9,915 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, NanoReview, GadgetVersus	2,052 points	2,122 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	21,518 points	33,954 pts
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,253 points	—
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,254 points	3,434 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,254 points	3,433 points
Y-cruncher Pi 1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	41	—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5600 or the AMD Ryzen 9 5900?

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900 is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 3% to 92%, including 92% in Cinebench R23 multi (20,978 vs 10,953).