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

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 5%, including 1% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 2,171).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600 and the Ryzen 5 9600X. Both released in 2024. 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

SpecAMD Ryzen 5 9600Ryzen 5 9600X
cores 66
threads 1212
base clock ghz 3.8—
boost clock ghz 5.25.4
tdp w 6565
l2 cache mb 6—
l3 cache mb 3232
process nm 4—
socket AM5AM5

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCGamesN, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic, 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.

BenchmarkAMD Ryzen 5 9600Ryzen 5 9600X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCGamesN		 16,335 points29,442 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, StorageReview, PCGamesN, Tom's Hardware		 2,171 points2,192 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic		 14,295 points14,869 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, Geekbench Browser, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic		 3,167 points3,330 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Puget Systems		 29,287 pts30,069 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,379 points—
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,374 pts4,571 pts
PassMark single-thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,571 points
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,377 points—
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —280 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview		 25 seconds25 seconds
Y-Cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview		 25 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.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600

No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 5 9600 benchmark page →

Ryzen 5 9600X

All Ryzen 5 9600X AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

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

The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 5%, including 1% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 2,171).

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