AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Ryzen 5 5600X
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We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 5 5600X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop CPU.
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- Newer - released 2 years later
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 7 nanometers
- 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2173 points
- Newer PCI Express version β 5.0
- 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 459 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 2477 |
Cinebench Scores (#196th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1490 MB/sec | 954.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 94.7 Klines/sec | 66.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 269.6 pages/sec | 169 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 342 Mpixels/sec | 245 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 308.4 pages/sec | 213.5 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 66.1 images/sec | 47.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 108.1 images/sec | 68.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20.4 Mpixels/sec | 16 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 84.4 GOps/sec | 70.6 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 50.8 GOps/sec | 39.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 207M Primes/sec | 135M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 38.1M Strings/sec | 26.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 18.5 GBytes/sec | 15.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 317.9 MBytes/sec | 252.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1820 Frames/sec | 1307 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 24.2B Matrices/sec | 17B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 8.1 PPW | 9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 129.7 PPW | 140.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 269.2 PPW | 335.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.03 PPW | 2.41 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-19 (Luficek) | Cinebench 2024 | 116 / 883 |
| π 2026-05-06 (Luficek) | Cinebench 2024 | 116 / 856 |
| π 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru) | Cinebench 2024 | 121 / 917 |
| π 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3054 / 14225 |
| π 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz) | Cinebench 2024 | 121 / 899 |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-20 (CTB) | Cinebench 2026 | 497 / 2892 |
| π 2026-08-17 (dolip) | Cinebench 2026 | 459 / 2477 |
| π 2026-04-07 (Skull) | Cinebench 2024 | 93 / 592 |
| π 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2174 / 9054 |
| π 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi) | Cinebench 2024 | 90 / 583 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and Ryzen 5 5600XGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | September 29, 2022 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 4 (Raphael) | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i5 13600K | - Intel Core i5 11600K |
| Successor | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (50th and 124th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.3 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 47x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 6.57 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 105 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 116 W | 88 W |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 95Β°C | 95Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (71st and 119th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 400 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2200 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 128 | - |
| TMUs | 8 | - |
| ROPs | 4 | - |
| Execution Units | 2 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 51.2 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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