AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 149.48
$ 145.00
$ 4.48 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6416 points
27% slightly better overall score
5020 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8665 points
26% slightly better gaming score
6843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5694 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
4448 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5516 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
4307 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5539 points
5545 points
0.11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.36 points
141.41 points
1% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
100% significantly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.59 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 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
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

225th of 1,089
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600GT vs Ryzen 5 5500GT specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600GT performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600GT 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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 5600GT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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