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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Ryzen 5 5600X3D

53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with 8-cores against the 3.3 GHz Ryzen 5 5600X3D 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
70.9
(Good)
Value Index
37.7
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600X3D and 5800X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2232 vs 1985 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5800X
vs
Ryzen 5 5600X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 483 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3448 -
Cinebench Scores (#188th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5800X +17%
10270
Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8781
File compression 851.2 MB/sec 984.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 97.9 Klines/sec 60.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 181 pages/sec 174.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 319.6 Mpixels/sec 223.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.3 pages/sec 194.1 pages/sec
Background blur 50.5 images/sec 45.5 images/sec
Photo processing 66.8 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 25.4 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 936 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5800X +26%
27661
Ryzen 5 5600X3D
21884
Integer math 94.3 GOps/sec 65.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.7 GOps/sec 37.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 122M Primes/sec 180M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.4M Strings/sec 24.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 21.2 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 345.4 MBytes/sec 247.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1354 Frames/sec 2445 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.6B Matrices/sec 17.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 25373 & 245 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5800X +36%
216.41
Ryzen 5 5600X3D
159.65

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.3 PPW 6.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 97.8 PPW 83.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 263.4 PPW 208.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.06 PPW 1.52 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 5800X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-18 (dxd_shxdow)Cinebench 2026483 / 3448
📘 2026-04-15 (NyNy)Cinebench 202481 / 747
📘 2026-02-16 (nothampter)Cinebench 202482 / 1064
📘 2026-02-06 (Hexg)Cinebench 202495 / 849
📘 2025-12-27 (ivy:3)Cinebench 202496 / 863
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5600X3D

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 January 8, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 11700K -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (95th and 129th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 33x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors 4.15 billions -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 142 W 142 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90°C 90°C
Desktop CPU ranking (98th and 126th place)

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 Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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