AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6267 points
9% slightly better overall score
5702 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8339 points
5% slightly better gaming score
7868 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5602 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
4995 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5429 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
4828 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
144.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
96 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

250th of 1,118
289th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600 beats the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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