AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen 5 7600X

63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16-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
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
40.4
(Average)
Value Index
106.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 5950X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Has 32 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 29% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2276 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 464 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 5693 -
Cinebench Scores (76th and 196th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2941
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13615
File compression 1120 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 147.1 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 224.5 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 372.1 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.5 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 28.4 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 85 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 38.4 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 741 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4129
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
45260
Integer math 183.9 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 100.5 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 223M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 64.9M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.4 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 622.5 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1854 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.4B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 19398 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
413.83
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.9 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 121.2 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 431 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.94 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 9 5950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (stream pc)Cinebench 2026456 / 4979
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (DDD)Cinebench 2026464 / 5693
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Geekbench 6 CPU2259 / 12745
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-04 (PhillyBass)Cinebench 202499 / 1448
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-07 (C0d3M0nk3y)Cinebench 202497 / 1451
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Geekbench 6 CPU3054 / 14225
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 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)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i9 11900K - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (51st and 50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 16 6
P-Threads 32 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 6
Total Threads 32 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 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
TDP (PL1) 105 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 116 W
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (72nd and 71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
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
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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