AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  4 4
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000G AMD Ryzen 5000
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 4600G AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.90 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz 4.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Turbo (6 Cores)
  4.20 GHz 4.20 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  7
• Shader
  448
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  24 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP down
  45 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  3.00 MB 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q4/2020
• Part Number
  -- 100-000000065