AMD's Ryzen 5 9600, a more budget-friendly alternative to the popular Ryzen 5 9600X, has recently been benchmarked on PassMark, providing insight into its performance. While released over a month ago, the 9600 has been relatively scarce in retail channels, but that is expected to change in the future.

The PassMark benchmark entry shared by x86 is dead&back (via Wccftech) reveals that the Ryzen 5 9600 and Ryzen 5 9600X exhibit remarkably similar performance. The 9600 scored 29,369, while the 9600X scored 30,016, a mere 2.2% difference. Single-core scores showed a 3.2% difference, with the 9600X scoring 4,581 and the 9600 scoring 4,433.

These results are unsurprising, considering the minimal differences between the two CPUs. The primary distinction lies in the 9600X's 200 MHz boost clock advantage. All other specifications remain the same, including TDP, core count, cache size, and base clock speed. Both CPUs are also unlocked for overclocking and support AMD PBO, so there's always a bit more performance to extract if you want to spend some time on it.

While availability of the Ryzen 5 9600 remains limited to OEMs, it could be a compelling option for budget-conscious consumers if it ever hits the DIY market, which it's believed it will. Recent reports suggest the Ryzen 5 9600 will be approximately £15/20 lower than the Ryzen 5 9600X, pricing it around the £200 mark.

KitGuru says: If you had to build a budget build, would you consider the AMD Ryzen 5 9600 if it were available on retailers?

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