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Ryzen 5 7600X vs Ryzen 5 9600X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 7600X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 21%, including 12% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,951).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 7600X and the Ryzen 5 9600X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 7600XRyzen 5 9600X
cores —6
threads —12
boost clock ghz —5.4
tdp w —65
l3 cache mb —32
socket —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 PCGamesN, Club386, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, KitGuru, ocinside.de, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, PC Guide, HardwareDB, NanoReview, PassMark and Puget Systems; 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 7600XRyzen 5 9600X
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better)
Source: PCGamesN, Club386		 —967 points
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better)
Source: PCGamesN, Club386		 —132 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, KitGuru, PCGamesN, ocinside.de, Notebookcheck		 15,145 pts29,442 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, KitGuru, PCGamesN, TopCPU.net, Notebookcheck		 1,951 pts2,192 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, PC Guide, HardwareDB, NanoReview, Club386		 13,426 pts14,940 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Phoronix, StorageReview, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, PC Guide, HardwareDB, NanoReview, Club386		 2,915 pts3,334 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Puget Systems		 24,146 marks30,069 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,128 points—
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,571 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,570 points
PassMark single-thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,571 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 3 rank280 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Ryzen 5 7600X

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 7600X or the Ryzen 5 9600X?

The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 7600X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 21%, including 12% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,951).

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