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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 5 5600G

42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8-cores against the 3.9 GHz Ryzen 5 5600G with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
35.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
44.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600G and 3700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1938 vs 1640 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 3700X
vs
Ryzen 5 5600G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2218
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 3700X
1640
Ryzen 5 5600G +18%
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 673.4 MB/sec 773.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 77.6 Klines/sec 64.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 162.9 pages/sec 141.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 151.6 pages/sec 210.7 pages/sec
Background blur 38.1 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 55.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.8 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 550 & 1112 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 3700X
2654
Ryzen 5 5600G +20%
3178
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 3700X +14%
22401
Ryzen 5 5600G
19626
Integer math 66.3 GOps/sec 66.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39 GOps/sec 37.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 97M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.1M Strings/sec 25.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.9 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 296.3 MBytes/sec 248.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1175 Frames/sec 889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.2B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 26391 & 15922 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 3700X +21%
181.78
Ryzen 5 5600G
150.02

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.6 PPW 9.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 129.1 PPW 127.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.6 PPW 301.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.8 PPW 2.31 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-21 (Louis)Cinebench 202473 / 663
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Azuki_12)Cinebench 202469 / 715
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-31 (@ProfitHound Youtube)Cinebench 202474 / 688
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-04 (Av8orGamer)Cinebench 202476 / 696
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-27 (Nathan/Naskun)Cinebench 202473 / 693
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (krek)Cinebench 2026433 / 2333
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Zhyn)Cinebench 2026335 / 1764
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (Chakib)Cinebench 202483 / 575
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (TakoyakiCandil)Cinebench 202492 / 646
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (GreyArcanine)Cinebench 2026409 / 2218
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 5600G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released July 7, 2019 April 13, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename - Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU No Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 9700K -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (154th and 139th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 39x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 3.8 billions 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (142nd and 130th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 1900 MHz
Shading Units - 448
TMUs - 28
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 7
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 3700X
n/a
Ryzen 5 5600G
1.7 TFLOPS
See: Radeon RX Vega 7 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 3700X official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 24

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