AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Price

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$ 287.24

$ 222.50

$ 64.74 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11217 points

50% significantly better overall score

7451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9950 points

10570 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11664 points

80% significantly better multitasking score

6451 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11856 points

90% significantly better heavy workload score

6231 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11823 points

91% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6178 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points

134% significantly higher Blender score

173.75 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

10810 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points

2486 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

4.35 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

65 W

61% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

67th of 1,099

171st of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Ryzen 5 8600G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5950X performs better than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8600G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X. Also, the Ryzen 5 8600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8600G outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8600G. The Ryzen 9 5950X also has significantly more 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 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.