AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 8 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
1% slightly better overall score
6163 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8333 points
5% slightly better gaming score
7894 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5604 points
5606 points
0.04% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5431 points
5474 points
0.79% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5664 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5170 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
148.55 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8330 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7536 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1980 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1792 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8600 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7407 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2052 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1713 points

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
29% slightly higher clock speed
2.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

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
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

237th of 1,089
242nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 7 6800U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 6800U beats the Ryzen 5 5600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 6800U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. 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 6800U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 6800U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 6800U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 6800U.

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

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