AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Efficiency 53.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 61.0 Average 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 192MB (shared)
Multiplier 37x 43x
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Total Cores 6 16
Total Threads 12 32
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 5.6 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2477 10459
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 459 558

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 90.2 images/sec
Clang compilation 66.2 Klines/sec 240.9 Klines/sec
File compression 954.5 MB/sec 2030 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169 pages/sec 460.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 245 Mpixels/sec 570.9 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 68.8 images/sec 160.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 16 Mpixels/sec 56.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 213.5 pages/sec 361 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 11600K
Released October 8, 2020 March 26, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Amd
Model number 9950X3D2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5600

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Fabrication Process 7 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 270 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Socket AM4 AM5
TDP (PL1) 65 W 200 W

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Data compression 252.2 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 17B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 135M Primes/sec
Floating point math 39.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 70.6 GOps/sec
Physics 1307 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 26.2M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Blender / Watt 2.41 PPW 3.74 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 140.5 PPW 135.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 335.8 PPW 363.9 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Date Benchmark
📘 2025-07-26(Noobybad) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-08-07(hdgevin) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-05(Golfphenom06) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-10-28(rasmus8484) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-11-24(Suhail Alharbi) GeekBench
📘 2026-04-07(Skull) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-17(dolip) Cinebench 2026

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
Execution Units 2
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics
ROPs 4
Shading Units 128
TGP 15 W
TMUs 8

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