AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2020
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Released
Q1/2023
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2020.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. 8 / 16 Cores. Power consumption of 170 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    153 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 170 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    86 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    160 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    68 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    140 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    35 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    149 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    192 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    301 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    43 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    193 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    132 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    234 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 21% better clock speed

    4.70 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • More number of cores

    About 1.33 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 18 % better overclocked clock speed

    5.60 GHz left arrow 4.60 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    46 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    19 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    582 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    21 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow AMD Ryzen 7
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 6
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
CPU Technical specs

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
    3.70 GHz left arrow 4.70 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
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
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 0.40 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 2.20 GHz
  • Execution units
    left arrow 2
  • Shader
    left arrow 128
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 8 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 3
  • Generation
    left arrow 9
  • Technology
    left arrow 5 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q3/2022
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR5-5200
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2 (Dual Channel)
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 170 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 230 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 96.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow AM5 (LGA 1718)
  • Release date
    Q4/2020 left arrow Q1/2023
  • Part Number
    100-000000065 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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