AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
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
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1568
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
1541
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
20634
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
11838
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
93
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
92
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1268
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
607
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3363
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39047
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21869
Integer Math141.3 GOps/s71.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math77.7 GOps/s39.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search257 M primes/s133 M primes/s
Random String Sort51.7 M strings/s26.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption31.2 GB/s15.7 GB/s
Data Compression500.6 MB/s252.4 MB/s
Physics1998 frames/s1318 frames/s
Extended Instructions331 M matrices/s17 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
2263
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
File Compression1170 MB/s954.5 MB/s
Clang Compilation126 KLines/s66.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser217.8 pages/s169 pages/s
PDF Rendering362 MP/sec245 MP/sec
Text Processing232 pages/s213.5 pages/s
Background Blur38.7 frames/s47.2 frames/s
Photo Processing85.1 frames/s68.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing31.5 MP/sec16 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
316.84
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 121 PPW 140.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 371.9 PPW 336.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 12.1 PPW 9.3 PPW
Blender / W 3.02 PPW 2.41 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced October, 8, 2020 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU No No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.8 GHz 4.6 GHz
General
Cores count126
Threads count2412
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x37x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 4.15 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 105 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 88 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Critical temp. 90 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 5900X the clear winner in this comparison.

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