AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 195.30
$ 54.87 slightly less expensive
$ 250.17

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8673 points
9424 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12393 points
9% slightly better gaming score
11316 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7498 points
8790 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7245 points
8596 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7587 points
7868 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
229.92 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14957 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
12976 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3338 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2647 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
4.10 GHz
5% 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

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
8 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

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
101st 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 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 7 8700F specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8700F is faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8700F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8700F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700F 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8700F has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8700F.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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