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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Ryzen 5 9600X

52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
VS
71 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D with 8-cores against the 3.9 GHz Ryzen 5 9600X with 6-cores. 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
13.6
(Bad)
Value Index
120.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9600X and 5800X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
  • Around 38.4 GB/s (75%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 58% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3334 vs 2113 points
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 20% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
vs
Ryzen 5 9600X

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 (#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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
11198
Ryzen 5 9600X +34%
15031
File compression 1240 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 80.7 Klines/sec 102.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 227.7 pages/sec 299.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 316.9 Mpixels/sec 375.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 205.9 pages/sec 353.7 pages/sec
Background blur 54.7 images/sec 77.1 images/sec
Photo processing 81.4 images/sec 123.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.9 Mpixels/sec 21.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 700 & 2 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
28289
Ryzen 5 9600X +6%
30080
Integer math 88.2 GOps/sec 89.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.1 GOps/sec 60.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 230M Primes/sec 233M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.8M Strings/sec 36.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.2 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 329.4 MBytes/sec 343.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2875 Frames/sec 1978 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22.6B Matrices/sec 28.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11489 & 8962 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
212.46
Ryzen 5 9600X +3%
218.13

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.9 PPW 15.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 106.6 PPW 231.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 269.4 PPW 462.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.02 PPW 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 7 5800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-29 (3Dawe)Cinebench 202492 / 858
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 -> vermilixnCinebench 202494 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (vermilixn)Cinebench 202494 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Homer35)Cinebench 202494 / 901
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (masuzo)Cinebench 202490 / 808
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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-06 (Byrno5263)Cinebench 2026720 / 3701
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-08 (JUANCHO)Cinebench 2026524 / 3801
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 (StarSophia)Cinebench 2024131 / 909
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-03 (awolution)Cinebench 2024137 / 1000
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-01 (GandΕΎi)Cinebench 2024134 / 954
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Ryzen 5 9600X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 15, 2022 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated GPU No Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 12700K - Intel Core i5 14600K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (103rd and 33rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 39x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 96MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 8.3 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 142 W
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 90Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (101st and 49th 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
See: Radeon 610M benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- DDR4-2933
- DDR4-2667		 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D official page AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Total votes: 30

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Comments

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