AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 224.25
$ 11.74 slightly less expensive
$ 235.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points
10% slightly better overall score
5786 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
23% slightly better gaming score
7050 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
5345 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
5212 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
140.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5474 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1162 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5997 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1191 points

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
3.8 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
176% significantly lower TDP
180 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly 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
269th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

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 Threadripper 1900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has 8 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 Threadripper 1900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1900X CPU because of its 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 Threadripper 1900X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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