AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Benchmark and Specs

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 4 GHz 6 core AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop AM4 CPU rating. Is the Ryzen 5 5600X good for gaming?

Benchmark Score

61 %
Very Good score from 62 samples
Low uncertainty
Performance
Very Good
Ranking
90th of 627
Popularity
1st of 627
Samples
62 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Very Good

61 %

Gaming

Very Good

82 %

Multitasking

Very Good

54 %

Heavy Workloads

Very Good

52 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

3DMark Physics

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

8,093
Blender

Blender

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

167
Cinebench R23

Cinebench R23

Multi threaded benchmark

11,838
Geekbench 5 (multi)

Geekbench 5 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

8,541
Geekbench 5 (single)

Geekbench 5 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

2,046
Geekbench 6 (multi)

Geekbench 6 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

8,574
Geekbench 6 (single)

Geekbench 6 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

2,058

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CPU Comparison

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i5-12400F
70 %
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
69 %
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
65 %
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
65 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
61 %
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
58 %
Intel Core i7-6700K
36 %

Specifications

Clock Speed 3.7 GHz
Turbo Speed 4.6 GHz
Cores 6
Threads 12
L1 Cache 384 KiB
L2 Cache 3072 KiB
L3 Cache 32 MiB
PCIe Revision 4
PCIe Lanes 20
Socket AM4
Family Ryzen 5 Desktop
Memory Type DDR4
Memory Channels 2
Max Memory 128 GiB
Release Date 2020-05-11
Supports ECC Memory No
Has Unlocked Multiplier Yes
TDP 65 W

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

The Ryzen 5 5600X is a 6 core CPU from AMD released in 2020. This chip has a very good overall score at 61% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 82%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Ryzen 5 5600X scores 54% and 52% respectively. Indeed, this is a very good rating for very heavy workloads.

The Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores and 12 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This AMD CPU has a clock speed of 3.7 GHz and a turbo speed of 4.6 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has an unlocked multiplier and allows for overclocking. With adequate cooling and a good power supply, it's possible to run this CPU at a higher clock speed.

As for memory, the Ryzen 5 5600X makes use of DDR4 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 128 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is not supported on this processor.

In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600X has 384 KiB of level 1 cache, 3 MiB of level 2 cache and 32 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 4. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 20 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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