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Ryzen 5 7600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 7600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 37%, including 22% in Cinebench R23 single (1,951 vs 1,594).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 7600X and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900. 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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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 7600XAMD Ryzen 9 5900
cores —12
threads —24
base clock ghz —3
boost clock ghz —4.7
tdp w —65
memory bus —Dual-channel
l2 cache mb —6
l3 cache mb —64
process nm —7
socket —AMD 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, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic, ocinside.de, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, NanoReview, HardwareDB, Club386, PassMark, HWBOT Community 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 7600XAMD Ryzen 9 5900
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic, ocinside.de, Notebookcheck		 15,145 pts20,978 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic, TopCPU.net, Notebookcheck		 1,951 pts1,594 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, NanoReview, HardwareDB, Club386		 13,426 pts9,915 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, NanoReview, HardwareDB, Club386		 2,915 pts2,122 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 24,146 marks33,954 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,128 points—
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —3,434 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —3,433 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 3 rank—
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: HWBOT Community, HWBOT		 30 seconds—

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

All Ryzen 5 7600X AI benchmarks →

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 benchmark page →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 7600X or the AMD Ryzen 9 5900?

The Ryzen 5 7600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900 on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 37%, including 22% in Cinebench R23 single (1,951 vs 1,594).

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