AMD Ryzen 5 9600 vs Ryzen 7 5700 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 leads on 5 of 6 shared benchmarks (1% in Cinebench R23 single); the Ryzen 7 5700 takes 1 (138% in Cinebench R23 multi).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 5 9600 and the Ryzen 7 5700. Released 2024 (AMD Ryzen 5 9600), 2022 (Ryzen 7 5700). Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 5

AMD Ryzen 5 9600

6 cores65W TDP2024

Full AMD Ryzen 5 9600 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 7 5700

8 cores65W TDP$179 MSRP2022

Full Ryzen 7 5700 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 9600	Ryzen 7 5700
cores	6	8
threads	12	16
base clock ghz	3.8	3.7
boost clock ghz	5.2	4.6
tdp w	65	65
l2 cache mb	6	—
l3 cache mb	32	16
process nm	4	7
socket	AM5	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 Phoronix, PCGamesN, StorageReview, Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, 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.

Benchmark	AMD Ryzen 5 9600	Ryzen 7 5700
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, PCGamesN, StorageReview	16,335 points	38,900 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, PCGamesN, StorageReview	2,171 points	2,150 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, StorageReview, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic	14,295 points	10,318 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, StorageReview, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic	3,167 points	2,362 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark, Puget Systems	29,287 pts	24,375 marks
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	4,379 points	—
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	3,298 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	4,374 pts	3,296 points
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	4,377 points	—
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: StorageReview	25 seconds	—
Y-Cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: StorageReview	25 seconds	—
Y-cruncher 1B digits (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.