AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series 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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$ 140.99
$ 59.00 significantly less expensive
$ 199.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
19% slightly better overall score
5158 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
32% slightly better gaming score
6248 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
4785 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
4674 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4136 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
129.70 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5343 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1083 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5518 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1116 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

3.9 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

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
768 KiB
100% significantly 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

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
332nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2018 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 5600G vs Ryzen 7 2700 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600G beats the Ryzen 7 2700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 2700. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 2700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600G. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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

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