AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

$ 199.99
$ 135.32
$ 64.67 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
6267 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
8333 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
5604 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
5431 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4136 points
5664 points
36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
150.92 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5343 points
8330 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1083 points
1980 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
8600 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
2052 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.50 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.4 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600 is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 2700. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 2700.

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 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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