The 32MB of L3 cache on the 5600 and the strong single-core performance (I know, not cutting-edge single core perf. anymore in 2023, but still...) made this CPU a lifesaver for my framerate in modded Minecraft around the animal pens in my base (the kind of scenario where Minecraft proves to be the most CPU-bottlenecked experience of any PC game, in my experience).
I upgraded to this from a Ryzen 7 1700, and noticed a drastic difference in performance with otherwise the same hardware.
Here's the rundown of the performance difference I experienced from upgrading from Ryzen 7 1700 to Ryzen 5 5600 (see also the picture):
[] ~30% improvement to 0.1% lows in Unigine Superposition @ 1080p Extreme (This means, much more stable framerate without stutters)
[] ~12% improvement to 0.1% lows in MSI Kombustor MSI-01 OpenGL test 1080p (This means, more stable framerate without stutters)
[] ~46% across-the-board improvement to average framerate, 1% lows, and 0.1% lows in Minecraft running what I call "The chicken test" (simulates lag around lots of active mobs)
[] ~19% across-the-board improvement to average framerate, 1% lows, and 0.1% lows in Horizon Zero Dawn at 1080p Ultra Quality/Max settings
[] ~51% single-core performance uplift in Cinebench R23
[] ~23% multi-core performance uplift in Cinebench R23
All in all the Ryzen 5 5600 is a fantastic budget upgrade if you have an older AM4 system. The motherboard being used here is an ASRock B450M A/C R-2.0.
I have just upgraded the RAM now too and endeavor to see what the performance difference is with faster-clocked RAM versus the older RAM speeds on the 5600 that were same as what the Ryzen 7 1700 was running at.
| Processor | 4.4 GHz ryzen_5 |
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