AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4862 points
6549 points
34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
7888 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
6111 points
41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
5988 points
43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4965 points
6209 points
25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
185.59 points
59% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points
9081 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
1720 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points
8236 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points
1703 points
7% slightly 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

3.3 GHz
3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
133% significantly lower TDP
105 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly 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
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089
218th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 7 3800X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800X performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600H. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600H. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 3800X 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 7 3800X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600H. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has significantly more 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 5600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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