AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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 7900X3D
2041
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
1541
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
27817
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
11838
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
115
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
92
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
1533
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
607
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
4131
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3363
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
50344
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21869
Integer Math161.1 GOps/s71.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math97.5 GOps/s39.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search446 M primes/s133 M primes/s
Random String Sort70.3 M strings/s26.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption35.3 GB/s15.7 GB/s
Data Compression594.3 MB/s252.4 MB/s
Physics4734 frames/s1318 frames/s
Extended Instructions446 M matrices/s17 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
3024
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
18277
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
File Compression1710 MB/s954.5 MB/s
Clang Compilation170.3 KLines/s66.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser353.7 pages/s169 pages/s
PDF Rendering495.8 MP/sec245 MP/sec
Text Processing301.6 pages/s213.5 pages/s
Background Blur68.4 frames/s47.2 frames/s
Photo Processing118.8 frames/s68.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing36.7 MP/sec16 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
400.33
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 152.3 PPW 140.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 419.5 PPW 336.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 12.8 PPW 9.3 PPW
Blender / W 3.34 PPW 2.41 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 4, 2023 October, 8, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 12 6
Threads 24 12
Frequency 4.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.6 GHz 4.6 GHz
General
Cores count126
Threads count2412
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier44x37x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache128 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multipliern/aYes

Package

Transistor count 13.1 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W 88 W
Socket AM5 AM4
Critical temp. 89 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D the clear winner in this comparison.

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