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AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Ryzen 5 5600

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
VS
47 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen 5 5600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600 against the 3.5 GHz Ryzen 5 5600. 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
88.4
(Very good)
Value Index
72.4
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600 and 7600
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • Around 25.72 GB/s (54%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2797 vs 2091 points
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7600
vs
Ryzen 5 5600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 7600 +22%
756
Ryzen 5 5600
618
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 597 443
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3144 2376
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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)
Ryzen 5 7600 +34%
2797
Ryzen 5 5600
2091
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +37%
12486
Ryzen 5 5600
9081
File compression 1280 MB/sec 1000 MB/sec
Clang compilation 89.8 Klines/sec 64.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 271.7 pages/sec 191.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 313.1 Mpixels/sec 269.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 281.5 pages/sec 217.4 pages/sec
Background blur 55.7 images/sec 29.5 images/sec
Photo processing 89.9 images/sec 70.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.4 Mpixels/sec 16.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 788 & 1147 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +20%
3907
Ryzen 5 5600
3253
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +25%
26969
Ryzen 5 5600
21494
Integer math 80.2 GOps/sec 67.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48 GOps/sec 38.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 198M Primes/sec 137M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.2M Strings/sec 26M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 15.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 303.8 MBytes/sec 251.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1750 Frames/sec 1276 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23B Matrices/sec 17B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6830 & 15261 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7600 +31%
200.8
Ryzen 5 5600
153.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 9.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.1 PPW 139.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 414.9 PPW 330.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.09 PPW 2.36 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
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (appiar)Cinebench 2026582 / 3131
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-22 -> Lello75Cinebench 2026611 / 3435
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 -> Lello75GeekBench2856 / 13297
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 (Parrott)Cinebench 2026597 / 3144
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> Lello75GeekBench2859 / 13080
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-19 (BerttheNonsolid)Cinebench 2026443 / 2376
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 -> zhyn0989Cinebench 2026335 / 1764
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Leo)Cinebench 202486 / 601
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-03 (Queef Supreme)Cinebench 202489 / 618
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-28 (Blonde_Blaze)Cinebench 202490 / 625
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and Ryzen 5 5600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 10, 2023 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 13600 - Intel Core i5 12600
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (67th and 127th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 35x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 6.57 billions -
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (78th and 122nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600
n/a
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 73.4 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7600 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 24

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Comments

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