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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen 5 5600G

51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 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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54.5
(Average)
Value Index
44.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600G and 5700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • 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
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2166 vs 1938 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5700X
vs
Ryzen 5 5600G

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 477 409
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3191 2218
Cinebench Scores (#200th place)
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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 5700X +12%
2166
Ryzen 5 5600G
1938
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +24%
10313
Ryzen 5 5600G
8288
File compression 1060 MB/sec 773.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 64.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 209.4 pages/sec 141.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 307.8 Mpixels/sec 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.9 pages/sec 210.7 pages/sec
Background blur 41.4 images/sec 42.1 images/sec
Photo processing 76.8 images/sec 55.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 637 & 1112 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +35%
26561
Ryzen 5 5600G
19626
Integer math 92.3 GOps/sec 66.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.9 GOps/sec 37.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 117M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.6M Strings/sec 25.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.2 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 323.8 MBytes/sec 248.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1325 Frames/sec 889 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.8B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 21736 & 15922 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5700X +37%
205.55
Ryzen 5 5600G
150.02

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.8 PPW 9.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 158.7 PPW 127.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 408.6 PPW 301.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.16 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 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Batti)Cinebench 20261525 / 14346
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 CPU2275 / 10804
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)Geekbench 6 CPU2308 / 11861
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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 5700X and Ryzen 5 5600G

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released March 15, 2022 April 13, 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU No Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 12700K -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (108th and 139th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 34x 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 - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 45-65 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 88 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (104th 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 5700X
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 51.2 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 24

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Comments

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