AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840H

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
8985 points
43% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8333 points
10717 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5604 points
8377 points
49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5431 points
8167 points
50% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5664 points
7434 points
31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
172.18 points
14% slightly higher Blender 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
3.80 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
8 MiB
166% significantly 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
111th 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
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Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 7 7840H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7840H beats the Ryzen 5 5600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7840H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7840H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7840H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840H.

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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