AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 170
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, vs AMD Ryzen 7 170. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 71.4 GOps/s | 83 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 39.5 GOps/s | 46.7 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 133 M primes/s | 54 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 26.3 M strings/s | 28.9 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 15.7 GB/s | 17.2 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 252.4 MB/s | 279.2 MB/s |
| Physics | 1318 frames/s | 952 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 17 M matrices/s | 188 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 954.5 MB/s | 955 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 66.2 KLines/s | 73.5 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 169 pages/s | 216.2 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 245 MP/sec | 302.6 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 213.5 pages/s | 202.8 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 47.2 frames/s | 48.6 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 68.8 frames/s | 84.5 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 16 MP/sec | 18.4 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 140.5 PPW | 187.5 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 336.4 PPW | 404.6 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 9.3 PPW | 13.3 PPW |
| Blender / W | 2.41 PPW | 3.16 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Announced | October, 8, 2020 | October, 1, 2025 |
| Type | PC use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Vermeer) | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon 680M |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.6 GHz | 4.75 GHz |
| Cores count | 6 | 8 |
| Threads count | 12 | 16 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 32x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 512 KB/core | 512 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB total | 16 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
Package
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 65 W | 35-54 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | 88 W | n/a |
| Socket | AM4 | FP7 |
| Critical temp. | 95 °C | 95 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | DDR4-3200 | - DDR5-4800 - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | Yes | Yes |
| Max memory bandwidth | 47.68 GB | 76.8 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 20 | 20 |
| Tech | n/a | - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA - Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT - Virtualization: AMD-V - Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP |
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