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AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X. Specifications, performance, tests

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2024-10-31
AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT
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2019-07-07
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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT or AMD Ryzen 7 3800X? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT has a base frequency of 3.7 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2024-10-31.

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X has a base frequency of 3.9 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

Differences

  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 4% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.7 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 105 W
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    91 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 5% better clock speed

    3.9 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 3800X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    132 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    94 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    102 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    98 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    74 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    117 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    217 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    152 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    29 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    34 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    92 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow Ryzen 3000 Series
  • CPU group
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Generation
    - left arrow 3
  • Successor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.7 GHz left arrow 3.9 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 16
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.7 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    - left arrow normal
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    - left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    - left arrow 4.5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.2 GHz
IGPU

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
    None left arrow None
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    - left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    - left arrow No
  • JPEG
    - left arrow No
  • VC-1
    - left arrow No
  • VP8
    - left arrow No
  • VP9
    - left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3800X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow PCIe 4.0 x16
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow 3200
  • ECC
    - left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    - left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow 105 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    - left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow Matisse
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    2024-10-31 left arrow 2019-07-07
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Architecture
    - left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    - left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.5 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    - left arrow 100-100000025BOX
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    - left arrow 100-100000025MPK
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000025
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Virtualization
    - left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 1

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 5 5600XT AMD Ryzen 7 3800XResult difference¹
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 150.676303 samples/min Submissions: 5 169.388098 samples/min Submissions: 15 +12.4 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT 8154.079486 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B550M DS3H
Duration: 122.638 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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