AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 140.99
$ 95.00 significantly less expensive
$ 235.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points
6% slightly better overall score
5786 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
17% slightly better gaming score
7050 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
5345 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
5212 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
140.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5474 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1162 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5997 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1191 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
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
176% significantly lower TDP
180 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

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
269th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2017 August

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 Threadripper 1900X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600G beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 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 Threadripper 1900X. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 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 Threadripper 1900X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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