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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Ryzen 5 9600X

68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
VS
71 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
82.1
(Good)
Value Index
120.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9600X and 7700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
  • Has 2 more physical cores
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
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3334 vs 2931 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 7700X
vs
Ryzen 5 9600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 619 720
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4481 3701
Cinebench Scores (131st and 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 7 7700X
2931
Ryzen 5 9600X +14%
3334
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 7700X +3%
15478
Ryzen 5 9600X
15031
File compression 1560 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.3 Klines/sec 102.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 298 pages/sec 299.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 437.3 Mpixels/sec 375.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 300.6 pages/sec 353.7 pages/sec
Background blur 72.1 images/sec 77.1 images/sec
Photo processing 114.7 images/sec 123.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.7 Mpixels/sec 21.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 840 & 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 7700X +18%
35487
Ryzen 5 9600X
30080
Integer math 111.7 GOps/sec 89.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 68.6 GOps/sec 60.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 177M Primes/sec 233M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 49.9M Strings/sec 36.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 24.6 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 418.3 MBytes/sec 343.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1980 Frames/sec 1978 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 31.9B Matrices/sec 28.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 9568 & 8962 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 7700X +30%
284.16
Ryzen 5 9600X
218.13

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.5 PPW 15.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 147.4 PPW 231.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 338 PPW 462.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.71 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 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)Geekbench 6 CPU3068 / 16420
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Geekbench 6 CPU3011 / 15732
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Cinebench 2026634 / 4679
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (darkV0R4X)Cinebench 2026521 / 3583
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-01 (EMPEROR)Cinebench 2026619 / 4481
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 9600X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 29, 2022 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 13700K - Intel Core i5 14600K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (39th and 33rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 45x 39x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 6.57 billions 8.3 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 142 W
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (53rd and 49th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) Radeon 610M
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 7 7700X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 9600X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 7700X official page AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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