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

8046 points

27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points

10893 points

40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points

7125 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points

6898 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6531 points

6614 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points

199.23 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14960 points

17% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

12735 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9595 points

12203 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) 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

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

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

234th of 1,089

147th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 5 7600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Ryzen 5 7600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 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 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. 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.

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.