AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications

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

• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series Ryzen 5000 Series
• CPU group
  - AMD Ryzen 5000
• Generation
  - 4
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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 3.7 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  - normal
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  - Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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 None
• Graphics verification source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

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

• AV1
  - No
• H.264 / AVC
  - No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  - No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  - No
• JPEG
  - No
• VC-1
  - No
• VP8
  - No
• VP9
  - No

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

• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 PCIe 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 3200
• ECC
  - Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  - Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT 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
  65 W 65 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 65 W

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

• Codename
  Vermeer Vermeer
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 32 MB
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/5000-series/amd-ryzen-5-5600xt.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/5000-series/amd-ryzen-5-5600x.html
• Release date
  2024-10-31 2020-11-05
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Verified on
  2026-09-30 2026-09-30
• Architecture
  - Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  - x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Part Number
  - 100-000000065
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Virtualization
  - AMD-V, SVM