AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 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

6444 points
11491 points
78% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8763 points
13745 points
56% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5696 points
10729 points
88% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5515 points
10503 points
90% significantly better heavy workload score

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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
4.7 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed

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
96 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

237th of 1,125
64th of 1,125

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is faster 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 9850X3D has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D 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 9850X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600X. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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