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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X: Comparison
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 5 9600X separate most on l2 cache: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X at 3 MB, AMD Ryzen 5 9600X at 6 MB, 50% in favour of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X. They match on 20 other specifications, including product line, form factor and core/thread count. In Blender Cycles (CPU) the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X scores 263 against 151 for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, a lead of 43%.
Specs
| Specification |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Product Line | Ryzen | Ryzen |
| Form Factor | Desktop | Desktop |
| Model Number | 5600X | 9600X |
| Codename | Vermeer | Granite Ridge |
| Core/Thread Count | 6 Core / 12 Thread | 6 Core / 12 Thread |
| TDP | 65 W | 65 W |
| iGPU | None (CPU only) | AMD Radeon Graphics (2 cores) |
| Market Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Cache | 32MB L3 + 3MB L2 + 384KB L1 | 32MB L3 + 6MB L2 + 480KB L1 |
| Socket | AM4 | AM5 |
| Boost/Base Clock | 4.6 GHz / 3.7 GHz | 5.4 GHz / 3.9 GHz |
| Socket Status | End of Life | Current |
| Process Node | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Performance Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Efficiency Cores | 0 | 0 |
| SMT Enabled | true | true |
| P-Core Base Clock | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| P-Core Boost Clock | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| Unlocked Multiplier | true | true |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB-50% | 6 MB |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| 3D Stacked Cache | false | false |
| Base Power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max Turbo Power | 88 | 88 |
| Memory Type | DDR4 | DDR5 |
| Max Memory Speed | 3200 | 5600 |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max Memory Capacity | 128 | 256 |
| ECC Support | true | true |
| Integrated Graphics | No | Yes |
| Copilot Plus Certified | false | false |
| PCIe Generation | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 24 | 24 |
| Launch MSRP | 299 | 279 |
| Retail Availability | Boxed Retail | Boxed Retail |
| Series | Ryzen 5 | Ryzen 5 |
| CPU Process Node | 7 Nanometers (TSMC) | 4 Nanometers (TSMC) |
| Architecture | Zen 3, Ryzen 5000 Series | Zen 5, Ryzen 9000 Series |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
Benchmarks
Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.
Blender Cycles (CPU)
Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.
Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every core at once. The score measures sustained multi-core throughput, so a chip that wins here can still lose at gaming, where one or two fast cores matter more. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that chip on the same Blender version.