AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Ryzen 5 5600X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 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
Multi-Core 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 3800X
- Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Newer - released 1-year and 4-months later
- 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1654 vs 1342 points
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
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)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | July 7, 2019 | 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) | 3.9 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.5 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 39x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 3.8 billions | - |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| TDP | 105 W | 65 W |
| Peak temperature | 95°C | 95°C |
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 47.68 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 3800X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
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