AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 140.99
$ 259.00 significantly less expensive
$ 399.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
9228 points
50% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7460 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
9844 points
80% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
10084 points
91% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points
10804 points
95% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
371.88 points
153% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
10775 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1676 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
10665 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1722 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

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
1024 KiB
166% 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
64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
105th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 9 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2019 November

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 9 3950X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores with 16 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 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 3950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600G. The Ryzen 9 3950X 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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