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Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 9% to 11%, including 11% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,980).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 9600X and the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. 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 9600XAMD Ryzen 7 7700X
cores 68
threads 1216
base clock ghz —4.5
boost clock ghz 5.45.4
tdp w 65105
memory bus —Dual-channel
l2 cache mb —8
l3 cache mb 3232
process nm —5
socket AM5AMD 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 TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, CGDirector, OC Inside, PCGamesN, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey, 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 9600XAMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, CGDirector, OC Inside, PCGamesN		 29,442 pts19,785 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, StorageReview, CGDirector, OC Inside, Tom's Hardware, PCGamesN		 2,192 pts1,980 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey		 14,869 pts16,213 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey		 3,330 pts3,003 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Puget Systems		 30,069 pts35,529 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,175 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,571 pts4,180 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,176 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 rank400 rank
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.

Ryzen 5 9600X

All Ryzen 5 9600X AI benchmarks →

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X benchmark page →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 9600X or the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X?

The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 9% to 11%, including 11% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 1,980).

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