AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 7950X3D
2053
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
1541
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
36291
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
11838
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
124
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
92
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
2086
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
607
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
4150
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3363
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
62454
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21869
Integer Math214.6 GOps/s71.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math130.6 GOps/s39.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search497 M primes/s133 M primes/s
Random String Sort92.6 M strings/s26.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption47.2 GB/s15.7 GB/s
Data Compression786.2 MB/s252.4 MB/s
Physics5067 frames/s1318 frames/s
Extended Instructions586 M matrices/s17 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
3003
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
19043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
File Compression1550 MB/s954.5 MB/s
Clang Compilation228.7 KLines/s66.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser353.4 pages/s169 pages/s
PDF Rendering482.7 MP/sec245 MP/sec
Text Processing303.7 pages/s213.5 pages/s
Background Blur68.3 frames/s47.2 frames/s
Photo Processing117.9 frames/s68.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing54.7 MP/sec16 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
539.45
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 158.7 PPW 140.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 520.5 PPW 336.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.4 PPW 9.3 PPW
Blender / W 4.5 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)
Model number 7950X3D n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 6
Threads 32 12
Frequency 4.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
General
Cores count166
Threads count3212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier42x37x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache128 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

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 7950X3D the clear winner in this comparison.

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