AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
8029 points
26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
10859 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points
7113 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points
6886 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6531 points
6614 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points
199.23 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14960 points
17% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
12735 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9595 points
12203 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2167 points
2751 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
3.80 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
Identical
5.1 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
33% slightly more L2 cache
6 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

245th of 1,118
158th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 5 7600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600 beats the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600 CPU because of its 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 Z1 Extreme has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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