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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2024-11-07
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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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 7 9800X3D or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2024-11-07.

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

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 27% better clock speed

    4.7 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 13% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.2 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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  • 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 120 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 7 9800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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
  • Series
    Ryzen 9000 Series left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
  • CPU group
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Generation
    - left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
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
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 12
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.2 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.2 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    - left arrow normal
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    - left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (6 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 Frequency
    2200 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow None
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow -
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 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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
    120 W left arrow 65 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    120 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Zen 5 left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Codename
    Granite Ridge AM5 left arrow Vermeer
  • I/O die process
    TSMC 6nm FinFET left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    96 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    2024-11-07 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Socket
    AM5 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    TSMC 4nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    - left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    - left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-000000065
  • Virtualization
    - left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 12

Blender Cycles

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

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 5600XResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Linux 386.396267 samples/min Submissions: 30 179.423989 samples/min Submissions: 11 -53.6 %
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 366.580728 samples/min Submissions: 135 153.776514 samples/min Submissions: 28 -58.1 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux 395.565005 samples/min Submissions: 25 173.03016 samples/min Submissions: 17 -56.3 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 370.912589 samples/min Submissions: 163 155.358716 samples/min Submissions: 20 -58.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 391.167316 samples/min Submissions: 95 183.365978 samples/min Submissions: 76 -53.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 333.029807 samples/min Submissions: 989 144.979041 samples/min Submissions: 165 -56.5 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux 377.766613 samples/min Submissions: 31 169.530851 samples/min Submissions: 33 -55.1 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 320.502075 samples/min Submissions: 444 143.389987 samples/min Submissions: 120 -55.3 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 405.562455 samples/min Submissions: 33 177.703614 samples/min Submissions: 41 -56.2 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 320.757236 samples/min Submissions: 596 136.96555 samples/min Submissions: 172 -57.3 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 323.517057 samples/min Submissions: 160 141.787816 samples/min Submissions: 198 -56.2 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 333.805259 samples/min Submissions: 5 147.415889 samples/min Submissions: 280 -55.8 %

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 7 9800X3D

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R15 / multi-core 3647 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R15 / single-core 328 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R20 / multi-core 9057 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R20 / single-core 818 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R23 / multi-core 23230 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R23 / single-core 2080 points

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 9800X3D 11708.093805 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B850M GAMING X WIFI6E
Duration: 85.411 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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