AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD A6-5200

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 4 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

9859 points
1290% significantly better overall score
709 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
655% significantly better gaming score
1313 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
1721% significantly better multitasking score
540 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
1797% significantly better heavy workload score
518 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
4124% significantly higher Blender score
7.43 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

20634 points
2347% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
843 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points
2004% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
559 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points
959% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
202 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points
1909% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
587 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points
973% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
200% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
499% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
25 W
319% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
200% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

94th of 1,089
1,027th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
A6-Series APU for Desktops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 9 5900X vs A6-5200 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900X beats the A6-5200 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-5200 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more cores than the A6-5200. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the A6-5200. It also has more threads than the A6-5200. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the A6-5200. The A6-5200 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A6-5200

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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