AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 32MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5600 vs DDR5-5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 73.4GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

2059

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +5%

2170

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +98%

38165

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

19225

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

3068

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +3%

3178

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +27%

21409

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

16803

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Jun 2024

Amd

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

AM5

Socket

AM5

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

-

Generation

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

AM5

Socket

AM5

170 W

Power Consumption

65 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

Package

FC-LGA1718

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.9 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.4 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

39x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

128 GB

Max Memory Size

192 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

2

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

28

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