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Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 7 9700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 9700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 9600X on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 15%, including 2% in Cinebench R23 single (2,243 vs 2,192).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 9600X and the Ryzen 7 9700X. Both released in 2024. MSRP range: $279 · $359. 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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*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

SpecRyzen 5 9600XRyzen 7 9700X
cores 68
threads 1216
boost clock ghz 5.45.5
tdp w 6565
l3 cache mb 3232
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 CPU-Monkey, Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCGamesN, VideoCardz, 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 9600XRyzen 7 9700X
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better)
Source: CPU-Monkey		 —1,255 pts
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better)
Source: CPU-Monkey		 —134 pts
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCGamesN		 29,442 pts20,709 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, StorageReview, Tom's Hardware, PCGamesN		 2,192 pts2,243 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: VideoCardz, Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io		 14,869 pts16,764 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: VideoCardz, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, Geekbench Browser		 3,330 pts3,371 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Puget Systems		 30,069 pts37,013 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,571 pts4,649 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,642 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 rank105 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview		 25 seconds22 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 →

Ryzen 7 9700X

No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 7 9700X benchmark page →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 9600X or the Ryzen 7 9700X?

The Ryzen 7 9700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 9600X on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 15%, including 2% in Cinebench R23 single (2,243 vs 2,192).

What did the Ryzen 5 9600X and the Ryzen 7 9700X cost at launch?

The Ryzen 5 9600X launched at a $279 MSRP and the Ryzen 7 9700X at $359. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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