AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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
$ 160.57 significantly less expensive
$ 301.56

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
11120 points
81% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
13778 points
66% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
10239 points
87% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
9995 points
89% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
9722 points
76% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
302.05 points
105% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
16965 points
121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
3349 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

3.9 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

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
640 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache

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

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
67th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 7 9700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9700X is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9700X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 9700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G. The Ryzen 7 9700X also has significantly more 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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