AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 259.56
$ 179.10
$ 80.46 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

61 %
62 %
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

82 %
Identical
82 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

54 %
55 %
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

52 %
53 %
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8093
0.85% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8025
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.54
166.69
0.09% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8330
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1980
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8574
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8412
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2058
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1990

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
Identical
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

90th of 622
85th of 622

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

May 2020
April 2022

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 5 5600 specs and performance

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600. 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, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and 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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