AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

6447 points

0.66% slightly better overall score

6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8765 points

9018 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5700 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5518 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

5403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

153.60 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

2119 points

0.43% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

4.9 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

6 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

235th of 1,118

238th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 5 8640HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8640HS 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS.

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.