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Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 16%, including 9% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 2,020).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 9600X and the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. 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 9 7900X
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 TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, The FPS Review, Notebookcheck, PCGamesN, Silent PC Review, PC Guide, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, PassMark, Puget Systems and numberworld.org; 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 9 7900X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, The FPS Review, Notebookcheck, PCGamesN		 29,442 pts29,557 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, StorageReview, Silent PC Review, Notebookcheck, PC Guide, Tom's Hardware, PCGamesN		 2,192 pts2,020 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, PCSpecs.io, PC Guide		 14,869 pts18,310 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, StorageReview, Geekbench Browser, PCSpecs.io, PC Guide		 3,330 pts2,969 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Puget Systems		 30,069 pts51,271 pts
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,225 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 4,571 pts4,227 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,226 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 rank550 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview, numberworld.org		 25 seconds29 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 9 7900X

No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X benchmark page →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 9600X or the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X?

The Ryzen 5 9600X is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 16%, including 9% in Cinebench R23 single (2,192 vs 2,020).

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