AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X on one side and the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X on the other side. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, It has 6 cores, 12 threads, a maximum frequency of 4.6GHz. The second is used on the desktop segment, it has a total of 8 cores, 16 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 4.4 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the date of first broadcast, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in Geekbench 4 and Cinebench R15.

Specifications:

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Market	Desktop	Desktop
Family	Zen 3	Zen 2
Part number(s), S-Spec	100-000000065, 100-100000065BOX, 100-100000065MPK	100-000000071, 100-100000071BOX
Release date	Q4 2020	Q3 2019
Lithography	7nm FinFET	7 nm FinFET
Transistors	-	19,200,000,000
Cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Base frequency	3.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Turbo frequency	4.6 GHz	4.4 GHz
Cache memory	32 MB	32 MB
Max memory capacity	128 GB	128 GB
Memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
Max # of memory channels	2	2
Max memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	47.68 GB/s
Max PCIe lanes	20	20
TDP	65 W	65 W
GPU integrated graphics	None	None
Socket	AM4	AM4
Cinebench R15 single thread	256	200
Cinebench R15 multi-thread	1,971	2,100
Cinebench R20 single thread	603	480
Cinebench R20 multi-thread	4,552	4,760
PassMark single thread	3,445	2,680
PassMark CPU Mark	22,149	22,720
(Windows 64-bit) Geekbench 4 single core	6,881	5,602
(Windows 64-bit) Geekbench 4 multi-core	34,427	34,342
(Windows) Geekbench 5 single core	1,523	1,239
(Windows) Geekbench 5 multi-core	7,985	8,521
(SGEMM) GFLOPS performance	408 GFLOPS	546 GFLOPS
(Multi-core / watt performance) Performance / watt ratio	530 pts / W	528 pts / W
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We can better compare what are the technical differences between the two processors. The processor AMD Ryzen 7 3700X has a larger number of cores, the maximum frequency of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is greater, that their respective TDP are of the same order. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X was designed earlier.

Performances :

Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench 4.

	Cinebench R15 - Multi-thread & single thread score
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X #ad	200 2,100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X #ad	256 1,971

In single core, the difference is 28%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 7%.

Cinebench R15 evaluates the performance of CPU calculations by restoring a photorealistic 3D scene. The scene has 2,000 objects, 300,000 polygons, uses sharp and fuzzy reflections, bright areas, shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and so on. The faster the rendering of the scene is created, the more powerful the PC is, with a high number of points.

	Cinebench R20 - Multi-thread & single thread score
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X #ad	480 4,760
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X #ad	603 4,552

In single core, the difference is 26%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 5%.

Cinebench R20 is a multi-platform test software which allows to evaluate the hardware capacities of a device such as a computer, a tablet, a server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant.

	PassMark - CPU Mark & single thread
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X #ad	2,680 22,720
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X #ad	3,445 22,149

In single core, the difference is 29%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 3%.

PassMark is a benchmarking software that performs several performance tests including prime numbers, integers, floating point, compression, physics, extended instructions, encoding, sorting. The higher the score is, the higher is the device capacity.

On Windows 64-bit:

	Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & single core score - Windows 64-bit
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X #ad	6,881 34,427
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X #ad	5,602 34,342

In single core, the difference is 23%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 0%.

Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.

On Windows:

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - Windows
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X #ad	1,239 8,521
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X #ad	1,523 7,985

In single core, the difference is 23%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 7%.

On Linux:

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - Linux
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X #ad	1,331 8,729
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X #ad	1,643 8,719

In single core, the difference is 23%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 0%.

On macOS:

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - macOS
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X #ad	1,939 10,187
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X #ad	1,251 7,897

In single core, the difference is 55%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 29%.

Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.

Equivalence:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel equivalent AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Intel equivalent