AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 50% to 118%, including 116% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,335 vs 7,572).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U and the AMD Ryzen 5 9600. Released 2023 (AMD Ryzen 5 7430U), 2024 (AMD Ryzen 5 9600). Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

6 cores15W TDP2023

Full AMD Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 5

AMD Ryzen 5 9600

6 cores65W TDP2024

Full AMD Ryzen 5 9600 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	AMD Ryzen 5 7430U	AMD Ryzen 5 9600
cores	6	6
threads	12	12
base clock ghz	2.3	3.8
boost clock ghz	4.3	5.2
tdp w	15	65
l2 cache mb	3	6
l3 cache mb	16	32
process nm	7	4
socket	FP6	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, Laptophia, GadgetVersus, PCGamesN, StorageReview, TopCPU, Geekbench Browser, Technical.city, SiliconCat, CpuTronic and PassMark; 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	AMD Ryzen 5 7430U	AMD Ryzen 5 9600
7-Zip 18.03 multi (MIPS) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	35,812	—
Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU (seconds, lower is better) (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	788	—
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better) Source: Laptophia, Notebookcheck	400 points	—
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better) Source: Laptophia, Notebookcheck	79 points	—
Cinebench R20 multi (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	2,827 points	—
Cinebench R20 single (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck	507 points	—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck, PCGamesN, StorageReview, TopCPU, Laptophia	7,572 points	16,335 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck, PCGamesN, StorageReview, Laptophia	1,314 points	2,171 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, TopCPU, Technical.city, GadgetVersus, StorageReview, Laptophia, SiliconCat, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck	6,553 points	14,295 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, TopCPU, Technical.city, GadgetVersus, StorageReview, Laptophia, SiliconCat, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck	1,864 points	3,167 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	15,449 pts	29,287 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,899 points	4,379 points

Quick answers

Which is faster, the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U or the AMD Ryzen 5 9600?

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 50% to 118%, including 116% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,335 vs 7,572).