Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 5 9600X — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 5 9600X. Release years: 2021, 2024. MSRP range: $259 · $279. 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 5600G

6 cores65W TDP$259 MSRP2021

Full Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G	Ryzen 5 9600X
cores	6	6
threads	12	12
base clock ghz	3.9	—
boost clock ghz	4.4	5.4
tdp w	65	65
l3 cache mb	16	32
process nm	7	—
socket	AMD Socket AM4	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 5600G	Ryzen 5 9600X
Cinebench R23 multi	10,551 points	16,286 points
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core	10,551 points	—
Cinebench R23 single	1,409 points	2,157 points
Cinebench R23 Single-Core	1,409 points	—
Geekbench 6 multi	8,288 points	14,940 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	8,288 points	—
Geekbench 6 single	1,938 points	3,334 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core	1,938 points	—
PassMark CPU Mark	19,654 points	30,089 points
PassMark CPU Mark (multi)	19,668 CPU Mark	—
PassMark Single Thread	—	4,571 points
PassMark single-thread	—	4,571 points

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.