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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X: Comparison
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X separate most on l2 cache: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X at 6 MB, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X at 4 MB, 33% in favour of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X. PCIe Lanes splits them by another 17%, again favouring AMD Ryzen 5 9600X. They match on 9 other specifications, including product line, tdp and market segment. In Blender Cycles (CPU) the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X scores 263 against 214 for the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, a lead of 19%.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Product Line | Ryzen | Ryzen |
| Form Factor | Desktop | Desktops, Boxed Processor |
| Model Number | 9600X | 5700X |
| Codename | Granite Ridge | Vermeer |
| TDP | 65 W | 65 W |
| iGPU | AMD Radeon Graphics (2 cores) | Discrete Graphics Card Required |
| Market Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Socket Status | Current | End of Life |
| Process Node | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Performance Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Efficiency Cores | 0 | 0 |
| SMT Enabled | true | Yes |
| P-Core Base Clock | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| P-Core Boost Clock | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| Unlocked Multiplier | true | Yes |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 4 MB-33% |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| Base Power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max Turbo Power | 88 | 88 |
| Memory Type | DDR5 | DDR4 |
| Max Memory Speed | 5600 | 3200 |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max Memory Capacity | 256 | 128 |
| ECC Support | true | No |
| Integrated Graphics | Yes | No |
| PCIe Generation | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 24 | 20-17% |
| Launch MSRP | 279 | 299 |
| Retail Availability | Boxed Retail | Boxed Retail |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
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.