AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

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

5776 points

38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points

6952 points

22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points

5375 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points

5256 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points

149.45 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points

6148 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1232 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points

6111 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1254 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.7 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.35 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

599% significantly lower TDP

105 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

271st 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

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Ryzen 7 2700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Ryzen 5 5600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 2700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600U. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.