Synthetic System Benchmarks
On this page, we will show synthetic benchmarks, some that test a variety of system use-case scenarios, and others that test specific multi-core and single-core/thread workloads to hone in on performance differences. Note that the graphs are arranged from fastest to slowest, and the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X CPU is highlighted. One of the primary goals while reading the performance is to see the difference between the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 5 7600X. Of course, the competition is included as well. Take note that Core/Thread count differences will affect many results in multi-core/multi-thread testing.
PCMark 10 Express
PCMark 10 Express tests workloads as follows: PCMark 10 Express is a benchmark that focuses on basic work tasks. It is a good choice when tendering for PCs for general office use. The PCMark 10 Express benchmark focuses on the performance needs of a typical office worker. It tests Essentials and Productivity.
This benchmark focuses mainly on workloads that are more lightly threaded in office applications. We find that the new AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is performing extremely well, in fact at the top of the graph. The Ryzen 5 9600X provides an 8% performance uplift in this benchmark over the Ryzen 5 7600X. At this performance level, the Ryzen 5 9600X is also 8% faster than the Intel Core i5-14600K and even 8% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and 9% faster than the Intel Core i7-14700K.
Geekbench 6
We are using Geekbench version 6.3.0 for our testing. We will show Multi-Core (nT) and Single-Core (1T) performance in separate graphs.
According to Geekbench Multi-Core testing, the new AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is providing an uplift of 8% multi-core performance over the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. As this test is very CPU Core/Thread bound, the CPUs with more threads, perform better. In that sense, the 8-core CPUs do provide better results, but interestingly the new Ryzen 5 9600X is not far off from the 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which is only 5% faster, and the Ryzen 7 7700X which is only 7% faster.
The new AMD Ryzen 7 9700X really shines in its Single-Core performance. The new AMD Ryzen 5 9600X provides a 13% performance uplift in single-core performance over the Ryzen 5 7600X! This puts it at the top of the graph in single-core performance, and here you can really see the difference the Zen 5 CPUs provide over the previous generation. The Ryzen 5 9600X is 17% faster than the Intel Core i5-14600K and even 9% faster than the Intel Core i7-14700K. The Ryzen 5 9600X is 20% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
3DMark CPU Profile
We are testing 3DMark’s CPU Profile which tests Max Thread performance and Single Thread performance, we are reporting both on separate graphs.
The 3DMark Max Threads test shows the multi-thread performance, and here we see the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is 6% faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, and take note the 9600X is running at a lower power. The Ryzen 5 9600X is 27% slower than the 14600K, which has more threads, and slower than the 7800X3D by just 5%, which has more cores.
Once again, we see the real benefits of Zen 5 here, a big single-thread performance uplift. The new AMD Ryzen 5 9600X provides a large 18% performance uplift over the Ryzen 5 7600X! That’s pretty large, and can make a difference in gaming performance. This makes the Ryzen 5 9600X 13% faster than the 14600K, and a whopping 29% faster than the 7800X3D on single-thread performance!!
PerformanceTest 11
In PassMark PerformanceTest 11 CPU Mark result the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is 3% faster than the Ryzen 5 7600X. This test weighs heavily on multi-thread performance, but again it’s impressive because the 9600X is doing that while consuming less power.