AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 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

6328 points
6416 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
8665 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6531 points
17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5539 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
139.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9595 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7974 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2167 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2039 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
4.59 GHz
39% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
132% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

234th of 1,089
225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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