AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 5 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 12nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (95W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +86%

2033

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1090

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +289%

29242

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

7507

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +152%

2942

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1164

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +264%

19092

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5236

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +117%

2277

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1048

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +254%

20503

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5787

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +82%

4317

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

2370

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +272%

52013

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

13981

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Apr 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Zen+

AM5

Socket

AM4

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

AM5

Socket

AM4

170 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47x

Multiplier

36x

-

L1 Cache

96 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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