AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 4 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
355% significantly better overall score
1406 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
236% significantly better gaming score
2588 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
427% significantly better multitasking score
1074 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
431% significantly better heavy workload score
1032 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
667% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1113 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
516% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
332 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
682% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1108 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
533% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
333 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
835th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Athlon II X4 651 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Athlon II X4 651 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon II X4 651 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Athlon II X4 651 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X4 651. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon II X4 651. The info from our database shows that the Athlon II X4 651 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X

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

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