AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD 6 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

7246 points

12% slightly better overall score

6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points

4% slightly better gaming score

8665 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5539 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

139.36 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7974 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2039 points

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

3.4 GHz

4.59 GHz

35% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

Identical

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly 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

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089

225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800 beats the Ryzen 5 5600GT in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. The Ryzen 7 5800 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.