Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 240%, including 240% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 10,953).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5600 and the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. 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 4

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Full AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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 7950X
cores	6	—
threads	12	—
boost clock ghz	4.4	—
tdp w	65	—
l3 cache mb	32	—
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, PCGamesN, CGDirector, Digital Trends, GadgetVersus, OC Inside, MiniXPC, WePC, Notebookcheck, Geekbench Browser, technical.city, The FPS Review, PassMark, Tom's Hardware 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 7950X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, PCGamesN, CGDirector, Digital Trends, GadgetVersus, OC Inside, MiniXPC	10,953 points	37,257 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, WePC, CGDirector, Digital Trends, GadgetVersus, OC Inside, Notebookcheck	1,462 points	2,015 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, WePC, technical.city, GadgetVersus, The FPS Review	8,674 points	19,810 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, WePC, technical.city, GadgetVersus	2,052 points	2,972 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	21,518 points	62,187 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	4,254 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,254 points	4,252 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	3 rank
Y-cruncher Pi 1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	41	—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5600 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X?

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 31% to 240%, including 240% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 10,953).