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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 5 7600X

71 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9600X against the 4.7 GHz Ryzen 5 7600X. 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
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
120.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
106.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 9600X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3334 vs 2941 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 9600X
vs
Ryzen 5 7600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 720 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3701 -
Cinebench Scores (146th and 195th 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 +13%
3334
Ryzen 5 7600X
2941
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 9600X +10%
15031
Ryzen 5 7600X
13615
File compression 1550 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 102.2 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 299.1 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 375.3 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 353.7 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 77.1 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 123.4 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 2 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 9600X +11%
4571
Ryzen 5 7600X
4129
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 9600X +6%
30080
Ryzen 5 7600X
28271
Integer math 89.9 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.2 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 233M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.7 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 343.1 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1978 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.2B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 8962 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 9600X +2%
218.13
Ryzen 5 7600X
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.9 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.2 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 462.8 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.36 PPW 2.03 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 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)GeekBench3054 / 14225
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released June 3, 2024 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 14600K - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (33rd and 50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 39x 47x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 8.3 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 116 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (48th and 70th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 128 128
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 4 4
Execution Units 2 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 9600X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Radeon 610M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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