AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is 1% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 82 83
Cores 6 12
Threads 12 24
Top speed 5.4 GHz 5.6 GHz
Rated power 65 W 170 W
Games at recommended 232 232
Released20242022
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X better than the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X scores 83 and the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 82.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 for the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 for the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X.