Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 35% to 40%, including 40% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,566).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 9600X and the AMD Ryzen 7 5800. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 5

Ryzen 5 9600X

6 cores65W TDP$279 MSRP2024

Full Ryzen 5 9600X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

AMD Ryzen 7 5800

Full AMD Ryzen 7 5800 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 9600X	AMD Ryzen 7 5800
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, Electronic Clinic, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, 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	Ryzen 5 9600X	AMD Ryzen 7 5800
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, Electronic Clinic, PCGamesN	29,442 pts	13,973 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, StorageReview, Electronic Clinic, Tom's Hardware, PCGamesN	2,192 pts	1,566 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, Club386	14,940 pts	—
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, Geekbench Browser, Club386	3,334 pts	—
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark, Puget Systems	30,069 pts	25,691 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	4,571 pts	3,381 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	4,570 points	3,377 points
PassMark single-thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	4,571 points	—
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	280 rank	—
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.

Ryzen 5 9600X

llama3.1:70b: 18.5 tok/s (Phoronix)

All Ryzen 5 9600X AI benchmarks →

AMD Ryzen 7 5800

No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 benchmark page →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 9600X or the AMD Ryzen 7 5800?

The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 35% to 40%, including 40% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,566).