AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12-cores against the 4.7 GHz Ryzen 5 7600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 5900X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Newer - released 2-years later
  • Around 25.72 GB/s (54%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2219 vs 1644 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1938
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
20570
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4204
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
39057
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
2201
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
14132
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor AMD AMD
Released October 8, 2020 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 12 6
P-Threads 24 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 24 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 47x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 4.15 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication process 7 nm 5 nm
Socket AM4 AM5
TDP 105 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP - 116 W
Peak temperature 90°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.54 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR5-5200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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