AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8883 points

3% slightly better overall score

8594 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points

11651 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

7613 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

7373 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8096 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6996 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

208.44 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9801 points

12562 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2053 points

2799 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10663 points

12876 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2128 points

2889 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

4.70 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5.3 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

61% significantly lower TDP

105 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

Identical

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,105

127th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Ryzen 5 7600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900 performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 9 5900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.