AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-4670K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 224.25
$ 125.00
$ 99.25 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points
170% significantly better overall score
2369 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
100% significantly better gaming score
4349 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
212% significantly better multitasking score
1811 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
215% significantly better heavy workload score
1739 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
77% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3189 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
213% significantly higher Blender score
49.53 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
141% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3533 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1242 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
134% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3701 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1301 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
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.40 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
29% slightly lower TDP
84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
648th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-4670K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i5-4670K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4670K 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 Core i5-4670K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4670K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4670K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4670K CPU because of its slightly 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 Core i5-4670K. The Ryzen 5 5600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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