AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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
15% slightly better overall score
5419 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8333 points
23% slightly better gaming score
6732 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5604 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
5010 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5431 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
4902 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
130.22 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8600 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6209 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2052 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1630 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
75% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

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
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

237th of 1,089
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7

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
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 7 7730U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600 performs better than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7730U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7730U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U 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 significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 7730U 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 7730U.

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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