AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

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

4180 points
4724 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points
1% slightly better gaming score
5587 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points
4432 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points
4341 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points
128.00 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5049 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
987 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5186 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1027 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

2.3 GHz
3 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

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

422nd of 1,089
372nd 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
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Ryzen 7 1700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 1700 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 1700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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