AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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

6412 points

7% slightly better overall score

5963 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points

17% slightly better gaming score

7413 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5670 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

5498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5489 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

5377 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points

6250 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

161.72 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11838 points

13214 points

11% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

6868 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1714 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7168 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1749 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 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

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

4 MiB

33% slightly 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

226th of 1,089

251st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 7 5800H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Ryzen 7 5800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800H. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800H 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 7 5800H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5800H.

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.