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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.7GHz, Zen3.
Release date: Q4 2020.

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▲ 52164 ▼
  

6 Cores, 12 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Effective Speed 
+46%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 384,708 user samples
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383,420 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 83% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 83% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 123rd / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
1,288 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 88% Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 46% Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg)
Poor: 46% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 508th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		95.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+46% 		65.9 %
Average Score 
+46%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		84 Pts Much lower memory latency.
+40% 		59.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		162 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+42% 		114 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		315 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+48% 		213 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		580 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+49% 		390 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		883 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+49% 		593 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+18%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		93.8 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+27% 		73.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		172 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+10% 		156 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		342 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+12% 		306 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		667 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+16% 		576 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		989 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+26% 		787 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+5,290%
Market Share
Based on 69,053,054 CPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.06 % Insanely higher market share.
+10,500% 		0.01 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		94 % Hugely more popular.
+81% 		52 %
Nice To Haves 
+25%
Age
Newest 		48 Months 45+ Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1,160 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+30% 		890 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1,055 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+51% 		697 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 95.9%
Average Bench 65.9%

The Ryzen 5 5600X is both the entry-level and best value for money 5000 series CPU. The 5600X is a hex-core 12 thread processor with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz boosting to 4.6 GHz. It has 35 MB of cache and a TDP rating of 65W. A cooler is included in the MSRP of $300 USD, but cheap after-market coolers (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400) are far more effective and therefore worth the upgrade. Notably, AMD’s new Zen 3 architecture has vastly improved single-core performance and lower memory latency, which leads to a significant effective speed advantage over its predecessor, the 3600X. Last year, AMD’s class-leading marketers secured significant sales of the 3000 series CPUs despite a 15% performance deficit against lower priced Intel parts. The games, specific scenes, software/hardware settings and choice of competing hardware were often cherry picked, undisclosed and inconsistent from one product to the next. Now that AMD have actually achieved both top tier performance and market share, their marketing machinery is focused on price hikes. Users that do not wish to pay a marketing premium should investigate Intel’s 11400F, which, when paired with a 2060 Super, delivers higher EFps in four out of five of today’s most popular games, at half the MSRP. Allocating the savings to a higher tier GPU will result in a far superior gaming PC. [Nov '20 CPUPro]

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Pretty good laptop CPU. Runs less hotter than the Zen2 5500U, performs a little bit better. I believe there was a huge difference made in the iGPU though, you could run CS:GO on it at like 200 fps (the game IS cpu-bound but this is saying something) with few stutters IF the laptop/AIO that it is in has dual channel RAM @3000+ mHz. This CPU is getting a little bit dated though considering the launches of Intel's Alder Lake and some 11th gen laptop CPUs which tend to hunger less for good memory and have a nearly as capable iGPU. Ignoring Intel for now, it is a good CPU for going on the web and playing some light games - or games that have a GTX 1050 in their minimum requirements. You could even do some rendering with its core count and cache if your laptop doesn't go up to 92C, unfortunately that is a gaurantee on today's laptops. [Apr '22 Waaaaaal]

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