AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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

1% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points

12% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5671 points

5895 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5491 points

5789 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points

6531 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

169.56 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11838 points

14960 points

26% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

9595 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

2167 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

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

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

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

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

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.