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 39%, 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.

AMD · Zen 4

Ryzen 5 7600X

Full Ryzen 5 7600X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

12 cores65W TDP

Full AMD Ryzen 9 5900 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 7600X	AMD 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, 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.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 7600X	AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic, ocinside.de, Notebookcheck	15,145 pts	20,978 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, GadgetVersus, Electronic Clinic, TopCPU.net, Notebookcheck	1,951 pts	1,594 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, NanoReview, HardwareDB	13,615 pts	9,915 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, NanoReview, HardwareDB	2,941 pts	2,122 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	24,146 marks	33,954 pts
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

llama3:8b: 15.2 tok/s (Phoronix)

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 39%, including 22% in Cinebench R23 single (1,951 vs 1,594).