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AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT vs Ryzen 5 5500

48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT
AMD Ryzen 5 5500

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 5500. 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
77.4
(Good)
Value Index
102.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500 and 5600GT
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT
  • Newer - released 1 year and 10 months later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Around 3.52 GB/s (7%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5600GT
vs
Ryzen 5 5500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 424
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2421
Cinebench Scores (#61st 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)
File compression - 819.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 147.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 233.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 191.9 pages/sec
Background blur - 40.4 images/sec
Photo processing - 61.4 images/sec
Ray tracing - 15.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 907 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600GT +4%
20088
Ryzen 5 5500
19247
Integer math - 64.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 36.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 55M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 24.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 14.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 245.4 MBytes/sec
Physics - 881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 17.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 15772 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GT
141.34
Ryzen 5 5500 +2%
143.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.2 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 133.1 PPW 126.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 309 PPW 296.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 2.21 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
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500
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📘 2026-06-10 (leosangester)Cinebench 2024429 / 2105
📘 2026-06-04 (Aideau)Cinebench 2026424 / 2421
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Geekbench 6 CPU2028 / 8385
📘 2026-02-21 -> sububurbiabomb22Cinebench 202488 / 627
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT and Ryzen 5 5500

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 8, 2024 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number 5600GT -
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11400
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (119th and 145th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 10.7 billions -
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 90°C
Desktop CPU ranking (112th and 133rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz -
Shading Units 448 -
TMUs 28 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 7 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600GT
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500
n/a
See: Radeon RX Vega 7 benchmarks

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 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 24

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Comments

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