Intel Core i7-5930K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Price

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$ 589.95

$ 135.32

$ 454.63 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3870 points

6267 points

61% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5431 points

8333 points

53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points

5604 points

66% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3246 points

5431 points

67% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6034 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.86 points

150.92 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5398 points

8330 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points

1980 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5677 points

8600 points

51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1222 points

2052 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.50 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.4 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

448th of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5930K vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600 is faster than the Core i7-5930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5930K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 outputs less heat than Core i7-5930K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.