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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2019-07-07
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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2021-01-12
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or AMD Ryzen 5 5600U? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2019-07-07.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U has a base frequency of 2.3 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    102 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 57% better clock speed

    3.6 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    140 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    113 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    109 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    103 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    90 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    231 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    172 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    31 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    28 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    112 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Report a bug
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    156 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000U
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 3000 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
    3.6 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.6 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 AMD Radeon Graphics
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 7
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 1800 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 7
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    - left arrow 448
  • Technology
    - left arrow 7 nm
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
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 x16 left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 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 15 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 10 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 25 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 10-25 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Codename
    Matisse left arrow Cezanne
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L1-Cache
    0.5 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    100-100000071BOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
    100-100000071MPK left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000071 left arrow 100-000000287
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Release date
    2019-07-07 left arrow 2021-01-12
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
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 7 3700X

More results: 9

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

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 / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8328.336332 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING
Duration: 120.072 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.19.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 2759.838825 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.19.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 362.34 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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