The Ryzen 5 9600X is 4 to 6 percent faster than the Ryzen 5 7600X in games on Tom's Hardware's bench, 12 percent faster on one core, and 24 to 29 percent faster in Cinebench 2024 and Blender. It does it at a 65W rating against 105W.

Both are six-core AM5 chips; at launch the 9600X was $279 and the 7600X $299.

Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 5 7600X

Ryzen 5 9600XRyzen 5 7600X
Price$279launch price$299AMD's suggested price
Cores66
Threads1212
Base clock3.9 GHz4.7 GHz
Boost clock5.4 GHz5.3 GHz
Geekbench 6 CPUSingle-core, points2,9142,607
Geekbench 6 CPUMulti-core, points14,32313,729
Cinebench 2024Multi-core, points971781
Counter-Strike 21080p Ultra, fps644608
Cyberpunk 20771080p Ultra, fps10196.8
Blender Benchmarksamples/min263204
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Figures as published by Blender Open Data (Oct 19, 2026), Geekbench Browser (Sep 16, 2026), Tom's Hardware (Mar 24, 2026), Tom's Hardware (Mar 24, 2026). The best figure is marked where a row is all one source.

Compare every benchmark side by side

The figures, one lab per row

Every row is one lab's run of both chips.

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 5 7600X, same test, same lab

6 rows
Test and settingRyzen 5 9600XRyzen 5 7600XAheadLab
Cyberpunk 2077, 1080p, Ultra (fps)100.696.8Ryzen 5 9600X by 4%Tom's Hardware
Counter-Strike 2, 1080p, Ultra (fps)643.6608.1Ryzen 5 9600X by 6%Tom's Hardware
Blender Benchmark (samples/min)262.7204Ryzen 5 9600X by 29%Blender Open Data
Geekbench 6 CPU, Multi-core (points)14,32313,729Ryzen 5 9600X by 4%Geekbench Browser
Geekbench 6 CPU, Single-core (points)2,9142,607Ryzen 5 9600X by 12%Geekbench Browser
Cinebench 2024, Multi-core (points)971781Ryzen 5 9600X by 24%Tom's Hardware

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Games

Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p Ultra is 100.6 against 96.8 fps, Counter-Strike 2 644 against 608. You won't see that difference outside an fps counter; the graphics card decides far more.

Work

Cinebench 2024 multi-core is 971 against 781, Blender 263 against 204, Geekbench 6 single-core 2,914 against 2,607. Zen 5's wider cores show up most in rendering and encoding.

Which one to buy

Buy whichever is cheaper on the day if you only game. If they're within $20, buy the Ryzen 5 9600X: it is faster at everything and runs cooler. The 7600X is a fine buy at a real discount.

Questions

Yes: 4 to 6 percent in games and 24 to 29 percent in Cinebench 2024 and Blender.

Yes, both are AM5.