AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 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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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Price

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$ 219.80

$ 135.32

$ 84.48 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points

25% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points

13% slightly better gaming score

8333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points

34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8330 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1980 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8600 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2052 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

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

65 W

61% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

Identical

32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st 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

2020 May

2022 April

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

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Ryzen 5 5600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a 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 7 5800X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.