AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

61 %
38% slightly better overall score
44 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

83 %
48% significantly better gaming score
56 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

54 %
31% slightly better multitasking score
41 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

53 %
35% slightly better heavy workload score
39 %

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Other Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10551
12% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
9345
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5751
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1605
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5751
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1605

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

3.9 GHz
69% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

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
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

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

121st of 1,239
251st of 1,239

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

April 2021
December 2021

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 5 5600U comparison

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600G thanks to a 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 and 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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