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

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 7 9700X. All released in 2024. MSRP range: $279 · $359. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 5

Ryzen 5 9600X

6 cores65W TDP$279 MSRP2024

Full Ryzen 5 9600X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 5

Ryzen 7 9700X

8 cores65W TDP$359 MSRP2024

Full Ryzen 7 9700X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 9600X	Ryzen 7 9700X
cores	6	8
threads	12	16
boost clock ghz	5.4	5.5
tdp w	65	65
l3 cache mb	32	32
socket	AM5	AM5

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 9600X	Ryzen 7 9700X
Cinebench 2024 multi	—	1,255 pts
Cinebench 2024 single	—	134 pts
Cinebench R23 multi	16,384 points	19,884 points
Cinebench R23 single	2,184 points	2,206 points
Geekbench 6 multi	14,798 points	17,096 points
Geekbench 6 single	3,334 points	3,430 points
PassMark CPU Mark	30,089 points	36,956 points
PassMark Single Thread	4,571 points	4,649 pts
PassMark single-thread	4,571 points	—
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy	280 rank	105 rank
Y-cruncher 1B	25 seconds	22 seconds
Y-cruncher 1B digits	25 seconds	22 seconds

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.