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

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600X on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 205%, including 29% in Cinebench R23 single (2,015 vs 1,567).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5600X 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 5600X

6 cores65W TDP$299 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 5 5600X 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 5600X	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
cores	6	—
threads	12	—
boost clock ghz	4.6	—
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 Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, PCGamesN, CGDirector, Digital Trends, OC Inside, MiniXPC, Notebookcheck, WePC, Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, technical.city, The FPS Review, CpuTronic, 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 5600X	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, PCGamesN, CGDirector, Digital Trends, OC Inside, MiniXPC, Notebookcheck	11,520 pts	37,257 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, WePC, CGDirector, Digital Trends, OC Inside, Notebookcheck	1,567 pts	2,015 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, WePC, technical.city, GadgetVersus, The FPS Review, CpuTronic	8,973 pts	19,810 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, WePC, technical.city, GadgetVersus, CpuTronic	2,166 pts	2,972 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	20,368 pts	62,187 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,366 points	4,254 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	3,365 points	4,252 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	3 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	49 seconds	—
Y-cruncher Pi-1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	—	18 seconds

Quick answers

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

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600X on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 205%, including 29% in Cinebench R23 single (2,015 vs 1,567).