AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6264 points

6267 points

0.05% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7696 points

8333 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5820 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5710 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6544 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.52 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7263 points

8330 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1794 points

1980 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7587 points

8600 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1845 points

2052 points

11% 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

3.3 GHz

3.50 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

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

16 MiB

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

239th of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 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 9 5900HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX.

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 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.