AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 16 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

6410 points
14004 points
118% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
12364 points
41% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
14599 points
157% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
14860 points
170% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
13984 points
146% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
475.58 points
206% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11838 points
34613 points
192% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
14865 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
2684 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
16083 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
2764 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.4 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
1024 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
16 MiB
433% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
64 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
31st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

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 9 7945HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7945HX 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 9 7945HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7945HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X thanks to a slightly 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 9 7945HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. The Ryzen 9 7945HX 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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