AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD A6-9225

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 2 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

6410 points

859% significantly better overall score

668 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

484% significantly better gaming score

1491 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points

1108% significantly better multitasking score

469 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points

1124% significantly better heavy workload score

448 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

2132% significantly higher Blender score

6.95 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points

1785% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

453 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points

654% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

271 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

1061% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

746 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

321% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

501 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

499% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

42% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

48% significantly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089

1,042nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

A6-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5600X vs A6-9225 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the A6-9225 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-9225 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the A6-9225 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-9225. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the A6-9225. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher turbo speed. The A6-9225 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X thanks to a 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 5 5600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A6-9225

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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.