AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Price

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$ 195.30

$ 27.20 slightly less expensive

$ 222.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8673 points

14% slightly better overall score

7604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12393 points

17% slightly better gaming score

10588 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7498 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

6642 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7245 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

6422 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7587 points

22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6178 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

173.75 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14957 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

10810 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3338 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2486 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

4.35 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

Identical

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,089

161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 5 8600G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 9600X beats the Ryzen 5 8600G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8600G in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 9600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.