AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM4 (PGA 1331) socket and was released in Q4/2020. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X scores 1,572 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 8,420 points.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

Name: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Family: AMD Ryzen 5 (78)
CPU group: AMD Ryzen 5000 (12)
Architecture: Vermeer (Zen 3)
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 4
Predecessor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Successor: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is 3.70 GHz (4.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 12
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 6x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores): 4.30 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-3200
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth: 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 65 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 35.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: AM4 (PGA 1331)
L2-Cache: 3.00 MB
L3-Cache: 32.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date: Q4/2020
Release price: 299 $
Part Number: 100-000000065
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
95
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
95
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz
95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
94
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 4.75 GHz
93
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
93
Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
92

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
657
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
640
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
640
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
639
Intel Core i5-1240P Intel Core i5-1240P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
630
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
628
Intel Core i7-10700KF Intel Core i7-10700KF
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
618

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 AMD Ryzen 9 5900
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz
1622
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1619
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z
8C 16T @ 4.73 GHz
1613
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1593
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 AMD Ryzen 7 5800
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1593
Apple M2 (8-GPU) Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1592
Apple M2 Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1592

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
11065
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11061
AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
11006
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
10988
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10943
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
10940
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
10856

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-1210U Intel Core i3-1210U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1575
Intel Core i5-11600 Intel Core i5-11600
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1574
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz
1573
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1572
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5645 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5645
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1570
Intel Core i7-1365UE Intel Core i7-1365UE
10C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
1569
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
1568

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon W-2140B Intel Xeon W-2140B
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8457
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
8449
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
8432
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
8420
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
8418
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Creator Edition AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS Creator Edition
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8397
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8397

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-1250U Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
2115
Intel Core i7-1260U Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
2115
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
2114
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
2113
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
2104
Intel Core i3-1220P Intel Core i3-1220P
10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
2102
Intel Core i5-1240P Intel Core i5-1240P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
2102

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
9387
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
9368
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
9361
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
9279
Intel Core i3-14100 Intel Core i3-14100
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
9270
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
9243
Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
9219

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-11375H Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz
610
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610
Intel Core i9-11980HK Intel Core i9-11980HK
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
604
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8C 16T @ 4.75 GHz
604
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
604
Intel Xeon W-11855M Intel Xeon W-11855M
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
599

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
4710
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
4677
Intel Xeon W-11855M Intel Xeon W-11855M
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
4586
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
4562
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
4560
AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
4546
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
4511

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
161
Intel Core i5-11600K Intel Core i5-11600K
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
161
Intel Core i5-11600KF Intel Core i5-11600KF
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
161
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
157
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz
156
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
153
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
148

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
22074
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
22010
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
21988
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
21955
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
21910
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
21882
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
21862

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
640
Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
639
Intel Core i5-11600K Intel Core i5-11600K
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
627
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
624
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
624
AMD Ryzen 7 7840H AMD Ryzen 7 7840H
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
624
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 4.25 GHz
624

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
4817
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
4807
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
4799
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
4784
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
4772
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
4762
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2
12C 24T @ 2.50 GHz
4740

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
262
Intel Core i9-11900KF Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
262
Intel Core i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
259
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
258
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
258
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
257
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
257

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6126T Intel Xeon Gold 6126T
12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz
1996
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
1987
Intel Xeon W-2245 Intel Xeon W-2245
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1972
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1970
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1937
Intel Core i9-9900 Intel Core i9-9900
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1931
AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
1927

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Core i5-12400 Intel Core i5-12400
12,454 CB R23 MC @ 82 W
152
Intel Core i9-14900K Intel Core i9-14900K
38,712 CB R23 MC @ 256 W
151
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
15,315 CB R23 MC @ 103 W
149
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
10,988 CB R23 MC @ 76 W
145
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500
21,216 CB R23 MC @ 147 W
144
Intel Core i5-13500HX Intel Core i5-13500HX
18,560 CB R23 MC @ 129 W
144
Intel Core i7-13700K Intel Core i7-13700K
31,062 CB R23 MC @ 220 W
141

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Description of the processor

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is a 6-core processor of the new Ryzen 5xxx series from AMD. It supports SMT and can process 12 threads at the same time. In the processor, the new Zen 3 CPU cores (Vermeer) from AMD are used, which have a further increase in computing power per clock (IPC). The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is manufactured in an improved 7 nm process by the contract manufacturer TSMC. The new 7 nm process enables higher clock frequencies with low energy consumption at the same time.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has a 32 MB L3 cache. The processor does not have an internal graphics (iGPU). A dedicated graphics solution is therefore also required for normal operation. By the way, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X still fits into the AM4 socket, which AMD has been using for many years. With Zen 4, there will be a new socket with DDR5 support in 2021.

Since the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has an open multiplier, it can be overclocked relatively easily. Many mainboards even offer predefined profiles that can be used to automatically overclock. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is specified with a TDP of 95 watts. The cooling solution should be able to dissipate 150 watts of waste heat when overclocking. Many air coolers or AIO water cooling can do this without any problems.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X can address up to 128 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM in two memory channels. The use of main memory in dual-channel requires at least two memory modules and doubles the theoretical memory bandwidth.

Like its predecessor, the AMD Ryzen 5 3600, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X also supports PCIe 4.0 with up to 20 lines and can quickly connect dedicated graphics cards or fast M.2 SSDs.



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