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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.

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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

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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 9600XRyzen 7 9700X
Cinebench 2024 multi —1,255 pts
Cinebench 2024 single —134 pts
Cinebench R23 multi 42,500 pts21,533 pts
Cinebench R23 single 2,200 pts2,280 pts
Geekbench 6 multi 10,240 pts16,431 pts
Geekbench 6 single 2,580 pts3,312 pts
PassMark CPU Mark 12,100 marks37,070 pts
PassMark Single Thread 4,570 pts4,649 pts
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy 280 rank105 rank

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.

Ryzen 5 9600X

  • llama3.1:70b: 18.5 tok/s

All Ryzen 5 9600X AI benchmarks →

Ryzen 7 9700X

No AI benchmarks on file. See the Ryzen 7 9700X benchmark page →

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