Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Price

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$ 689.95

$ 149.48

$ 540.47 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points

9% slightly better overall score

6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

8665 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5539 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

139.36 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7974 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

2039 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

4.59 GHz

39% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

6% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

66% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB

16 MiB

14% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 1,089

225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7900X beats the Ryzen 5 5600GT in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.