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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 7600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 7600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 109 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 7600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- Up to 45% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - £168.77 vs £306.59
- Up to 42% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Ryzen 9 7900X - £0.23 vs £0.4 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 4% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Ryzen 5 7600 - 759 vs 733 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 7600 - 24 vs 12 threads
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 7600
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
FPS
733
96%
Value, £/FPS
£0.23/FPS
100%
Price, £
£168.77
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 38MB cache, up to 5.1 GHz max boost) with AMD Wraith Stealth Cooler
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Retail, Noir, (AM5/12 Core/4.7GHz/76MB/170W/Radeon) - 100-000000589
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 7600
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Raphael | Codename | Raphael |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 5 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 38.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 7600 or Ryzen 9 7900X
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
500 FPS
£2.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,251.6
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425 FPS
£2.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 7600
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£939.95
In Stock
469 FPS
£3.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,454.4
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498 FPS
£2.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,330.8
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425 FPS
£2.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 7600
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£939.95
In Stock
525 FPS
£2.1/FPS
Radeon RX 7700 XT
Ryzen 5 7600
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,099.95
In Stock
537 FPS
£2.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 7600
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,399.99
In Stock
688 FPS
£5.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£3,749.95
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431 FPS
£2.16/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Ryzen 5 7600
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£929.95
In Stock
688 FPS
£5.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£4,119.95
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