AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD A6-9500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD A6-9500

Price

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$ 224.25

$ 50.00

$ 174.25 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points

711% significantly better overall score

790 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

402% significantly better gaming score

1734 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points

899% significantly better multitasking score

567 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points

897% significantly better heavy workload score

550 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

1177% significantly higher Blender score

12.14 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points

819% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

929 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points

227% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

624 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

805% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

957 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

229% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

641 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

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

1,006th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

A6-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2016 September

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 A6-9500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the A6-9500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-9500 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 A6-9500 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-9500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the A6-9500. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 A6-9500

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.