AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 149.48
$ 73.02 significantly less expensive
$ 222.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6416 points
7604 points
18% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8665 points
10588 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5694 points
6642 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5516 points
6422 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5539 points
6178 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.36 points
173.75 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7974 points
10810 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2039 points
2486 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.59 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
4.35 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5 GHz
8% 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

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
161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series
Ryzen 8000 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
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600GT vs Ryzen 5 8600G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8600G beats the Ryzen 5 5600GT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600GT in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 5600GT has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8600G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8600G 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8600G has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 5600GT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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