AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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
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$ 329.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
6994 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
1% slightly better gaming score
8202 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
6575 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
6440 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
6750 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
187.18 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
10106 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
0.47% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1922 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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.58 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
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

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

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
194th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D beats the Ryzen 5 5600G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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