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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2022-09-27
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
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2020-11-05
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 7600X or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2022-09-27.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a base frequency of 3.7 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    55 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 27% better clock speed

    4.7 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 15% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.3 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    18 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    67 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    58 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    4 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    85 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    81 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    59 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    109 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    64 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    126 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    48 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    118 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    16 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    182 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    115 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 5600X left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop
  • Series
    Ryzen 7000 Series left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
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
    4.7 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    6x left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.3 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.3 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    5.3 GHz 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.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    2 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    2200 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    2200 MHz left arrow -
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q3/2022 left arrow -
  • Shader
    128 left arrow -
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    83.2 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe
    PCIe 5.0 left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 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
    105 W left arrow 65 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Raphael (Zen 4) left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Chip design
    Chiplet left arrow -
  • Codename
    Raphael AM5 left arrow Vermeer
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    6 MB left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux left arrow -
  • Part Number
    100-100000593WOF left arrow 100-000000065
  • Release date
    2022-09-27 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Release price
    299 $ left arrow -
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 5nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 16

Blender Cycles

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

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600XResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Linux 231.212426 samples/min Submissions: 8 178.574173 samples/min Submissions: 16 -22.8 %
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 209.805178 samples/min Submissions: 9 154.817758 samples/min Submissions: 34 -26.2 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux 240.859074 samples/min Submissions: 9 173.03016 samples/min Submissions: 17 -28.2 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 225.593813 samples/min Submissions: 45 155.358716 samples/min Submissions: 20 -31.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 244.776756 samples/min Submissions: 39 183.365978 samples/min Submissions: 76 -25.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 201.507007 samples/min Submissions: 104 144.979041 samples/min Submissions: 165 -28.1 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux 243.280781 samples/min Submissions: 29 169.530851 samples/min Submissions: 33 -30.3 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 201.004844 samples/min Submissions: 51 143.389987 samples/min Submissions: 120 -28.7 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 241.013187 samples/min Submissions: 36 177.703614 samples/min Submissions: 41 -26.3 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 192.076801 samples/min Submissions: 137 136.96555 samples/min Submissions: 172 -28.7 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux 252.572418 samples/min Submissions: 15 181.891479 samples/min Submissions: 47 -28.0 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 194.235914 samples/min Submissions: 119 141.787816 samples/min Submissions: 198 -27.0 %
More tests: 4
Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600XResult difference¹
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux 253.828717 samples/min Submissions: 7 182.262754 samples/min Submissions: 8 -28.2 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 200.978959 samples/min Submissions: 66 150.117268 samples/min Submissions: 106 -25.3 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux 247.74336 samples/min Submissions: 7 178.569622 samples/min Submissions: 38 -27.9 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 206.096476 samples/min Submissions: 162 147.415889 samples/min Submissions: 280 -28.5 %

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 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 / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6969.126768 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / linux
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / X570 AORUS ELITE
Duration: 143.49 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 12 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6854.103552 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 12 threads / linux
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: ASRock / B650M-HDV/M.2
Duration: 145.898 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1976.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
1572.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

15315.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
11268.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

759.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
604.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5989.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
4562.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

313.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
258.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

2510.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
1970.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

2197.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
1572.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

11874.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
8420.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

28672.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
22180.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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