AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 135.32
$ 77.67 significantly less expensive
$ 212.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6267 points
7399 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8333 points
8984 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5604 points
6877 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5431 points
6735 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5664 points
6914 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
207.23 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8330 points
9632 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1980 points
2079 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8600 points
9706 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2052 points
2147 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
Identical
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

237th of 1,089
170th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 7 5700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700X is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5700X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 5600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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