AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

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

6413 points
8139 points
26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points
9987 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5671 points
7532 points
32% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5491 points
7360 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
7427 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
207.75 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
11045 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
2333 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
3.80 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
8 MiB
166% 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

226th of 1,089
144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 7 8845HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8845HS performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8845HS 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 8845HS 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 8845HS.

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.

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