AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
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 83 82
Cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Top speed 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Rated power 170 W 65 W
Games at recommended 232 232
Released20222024
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X better than the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X for gaming?
Yes — 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 4090 for the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 for the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X.