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

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.9GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

CSGO
Dust 2 1080p Max
310 EFps Much Better CSGO EFps.
+33%
233 EFps
GTAV
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max
101 EFps 105 EFps +4%
Overwatch
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max
134 EFps +3% 130 EFps
PUBG
M249 Training 1080p Max
131 EFps Slightly Better PUBG EFps.
+6%
124 EFps
Fortnite
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max
120 EFps 141 EFps Better Fortnite EFps.
+18%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 524,542 user samples
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: 124th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
141,122 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 96% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 78% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 78% Great: 96%
SPEED RANK: 180th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
95.9 % Faster effective speed.
+10%
87 %
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The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:...
0 % Control 5%, SpiderM 4%, F122 2%, DoomE 9% CPunk 3%, RiftB 5%, TWarTroy 11%
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Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...
8 % BFV 8%, SotTR 10%, MetroEx 4%, Divis2 10%
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review: The Pric...
26 % Hitm2 25%, FarC5 25%, Bord3 7%, ProjC3 50%, SotTR 34%, RDR2 24%, Divis2 19%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
84 Pts Lower memory latency.
+10%
76.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
162 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+15%
141 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
315 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+14%
276 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
580 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+11%
524 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
883 Pts 922 Pts +4%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
93.8 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6%
88.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
172 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+16%
148 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
342 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+17%
293 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
667 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+17%
572 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
989 Pts 1034 Pts +5%
Market Share
Based on 68,911,008 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.21 % Hugely higher market share.
+572%
0.18 %
Value
Value For Money
122 % Better value.
+26%
97.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
95 % Much more popular.
+42%
67 %
Price
Price (score)
$115 Much cheaper.
+38%
$185
Age
Newest
47 Months More recent.
+25%
63 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+38%
105 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores 8 cores Much higher core count.
+33%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads 16 threads Much higher thread count.
+33%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
7 nm 7 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.7 GHz 3.9 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+5%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz +2% 4.5 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1160 Pts 1506 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+30%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1055 Pts 1401 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+33%
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen3 Zen2
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None

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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The Ryzen 7 3800X is an 8-core, 16-thread high end desktop Zen 2 processor, built on AMD’s seminal 7nm manufacturing process. It has a boost clock speed of 4.5 GHz, overtaking the previous Zen+ flagship, the Ryzen 7 2700X, by 200 MHz and around 16% in terms of effective speed. The 3800X is available at launch for $399 USD alongside four other new Zen 2 processors, including the similarly specified Ryzen 7 3700X. The main differences between the 3800X and 3700X being an extra 100 MHz of boost clock frequency on the 3800X and extra TDP headroom (105W for the 3800X versus 65W for the 3700X) for a $70 USD premium. The 21% higher release price translates to just a 2% higher effective speed over the 3700X. The 3800X is in direct competition with Intel’s i7-9700K, benchmarks show that, when overclocked, the 3800X is 10% worse for gaming but 30% faster for 64-core processing. The 3800X is also 15% ($50 USD) more expensive than the i7-9700K. Additionally, the 3800X's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can also impact gaming. Like the other third generation Ryzen processors, the 3800X is compatible with the new PCIe 4.0 enabled X570 chipset as well as the 400 and 300 series motherboards. At $380 USD, the 3800X offers reasonable value for purely workstation tasks such as film production but streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. [Jul '19 CPUPro]

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