AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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
5% slightly better overall score
8451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points
12073 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
221.97 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10663 points
14339 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2128 points
3205 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache
480 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
133rd of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Ryzen 5 9600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900 beats the Ryzen 5 9600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 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 9600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 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 data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 9 5900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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