AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 5 5600X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with 8-cores against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 5 5600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
- Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Newer - released 2-years and 6-months later
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
- 54% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1654 vs 1074 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
- 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
- Around 3.97 GB/s (9%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | April 19, 2018 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | - | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.3 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 4.8 billions | - |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| TDP | 105 W | 65 W |
| Peak temperature | 85°C | 95°C |
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 43.71 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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