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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 5 2600X

71 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9600X against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 2600X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
120.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
39.7
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2600X and 9600X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • Newer - released 6 years and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 12 nanometers
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 2.6x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3334 vs 1272 points
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 45.89 GB/s (105%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 29% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 9600X
vs
Ryzen 5 2600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 9600X +113%
1031
Ryzen 5 2600X
485
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 720 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3701 -
Cinebench Scores (#147th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 9600X +162%
3334
Ryzen 5 2600X
1272
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 9600X +170%
15031
Ryzen 5 2600X
5577
File compression 1550 MB/sec 528.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.2 Klines/sec 46 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 299.1 pages/sec 133.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 375.3 Mpixels/sec 172.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 353.7 pages/sec 112.6 pages/sec
Background blur 77.1 images/sec 24.5 images/sec
Photo processing 123.4 images/sec 52.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 9.89 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 2 & 600 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 9600X +92%
4571
Ryzen 5 2600X
2378
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 9600X +117%
30080
Ryzen 5 2600X
13867
Integer math 89.9 GOps/sec 47.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.2 GOps/sec 24.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 233M Primes/sec 38M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 22.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.7 GBytes/sec 13.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 343.1 MBytes/sec 198.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1978 Frames/sec 690 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.2B Matrices/sec 7.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8962 & 7233 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.9 PPW 5.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.2 PPW 58.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 462.8 PPW 146 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.36 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-06 (Byrno5263)Cinebench 2026720 / 3701
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-08 (JUANCHO)Cinebench 2026524 / 3801
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-16 (StarSophia)Cinebench 2024131 / 909
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-03 (awolution)Cinebench 2024137 / 1000
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-01 (Gandลพi)Cinebench 2024134 / 954
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-13 (StarCry)Cinebench 202466 / 469
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-12-12 (Firestorm780)Cinebench 202468 / 485
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 5 2600X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 April 19, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) -
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 14600K - Intel Core i5 8600K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (33rd and 176th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 39x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 8.3 billions 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 95 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (49th and 171st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 9600X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 2600X
n/a
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page AMD Ryzen 5 2600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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