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Watch Comparable Gameplay: 5600X vs 5800X


CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	310 EFps	318 EFps	+3%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	101 EFps	108 EFps	Slightly Better GTAV EFps. +7%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	134 EFps	142 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +6%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	131 EFps	133 EFps	+2%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	120 EFps	121 EFps	+1%

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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: 124^th / 1468

Gaming 96%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 87%

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33,026 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 110% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 90% Great: 110%

SPEED RANK: 85^th / 1468

Gaming 100%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 121%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		95.9 %			100 %	+5%


20 Oct22\|HardwareLUXX The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:...		CPunk 8%	16 %	Control 15%, SpiderM 17%, RiftB 35%, TWarTroy 38%, F122 17%, DoomE 1%
10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...			5 %	BFV 1%, SotTR 2%, MetroEx 14%, Divis2 2%
20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...			8 %	Forza5 0%, AoE4 5%, Bord3 5%, FarC6 9%, WatchDL 10%, BFV 3%, CPunk 2%, EldenR 5%, RDR2 4%, Civ6 42%, CSGO 8%, DoomE 2%
22 Nov22\|Gamers Nexus Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Bench...		FinFant14 2%	5 %	GTAV 9%, SotTR 9%, CSGO 6%, R6S 8%, TWarW3 1%
06 Nov20\|Gamers Nexus Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C...		TWarTKC 7%^OC, TWarTKB 0%^OC	3 %^OC	SotTR 7%^OC, GTAV 6%^OC, RDR2 2%^OC, F120 8%^OC, ACO 7%^OC
06 Nov20\|Gamers Nexus Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C...			6 %	SotTR 4%, GTAV 11%, RDR2 4%, TWarTKC 1%, F120 9%, TWarTKB 2%, ACO 9%
07 Dec20\|KitGuru AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review			4 %^OC	GTAV 9%^OC, SotTR 15%^OC, RDR2 2%^OC, F120 1%^OC, MetroEx 0%^OC, Divis2 1%^OC
07 Dec20\|KitGuru AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review			4 %	GTAV 8%, SotTR 16%, RDR2 2%, F120 0%, MetroEx 0%, Divis2 0%
05 Nov20\|Anandtech AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: ...	0 %	StrangeB 0%, Civ6 8%, DExMD 4%, FinFant14 1%, RDR2 1%, WoT 1%		FarC5 4%, Bord3 1%, GTAV 3%, FinFant15 2%, Chernob 0%, F119 1%, GearsT 4%
20 Oct22\|Tweakers Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re...		F122 8%	3 %	FarC6 13%, RDR2 10%, MetroEx 0%, TWarW3 0%
05 Nov20\|Linustechtips Remember this day… - AMD Ryzen 500...		F120 1%	4 %	GTAV 5%, SotTR 7%, MSFS20 1%, CSGO 5%
26 Dec20\|Tom's Hardware AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review: The Pric...		Divis2 1%	3 %	Hitm2 6%, FarC5 0%, Bord3 1%, ProjC3 1%, SotTR 10%, RDR2 4%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	84 Pts	+4%	81 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	162 Pts		164 Pts	+1%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	315 Pts		326 Pts	+3%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	580 Pts		639 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +10%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	883 Pts		1232 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +40%


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.8 Pts	+1%	92.7 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	172 Pts		180 Pts	+5%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	342 Pts		355 Pts	+4%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	667 Pts		697 Pts	+4%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	989 Pts		1376 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +39%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.22 %	Hugely higher market share. +455%	0.22 %
Value Value For Money	122 %	Much better value. +31%	93.5 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	95 %	Much more popular. +38%	69 %
Price Price (score)	$115	Much cheaper. +68%	$358


Age Newest	47 Months		47 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +38%	105 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		16 cores	Hugely higher core count. +167%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		32 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +167%
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm		7 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%	3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz		4.9 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +7%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1160 Pts		3063 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +164%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1055 Pts		2633 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +150%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen3	Zen3
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 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X is an impressive workhorse. It sits at the top of AMD’s latest Zen 3 based, 5000 series of CPUs and sends a clear message that AMD can beat Intel in terms of raw performance and core count. The 5950X has a boost clock speed of up to 4.9 GHz, a massive 72 MB cache and a TDP rating of 105W. Despite the “gaming” focus of AMD’s 5000 series launch marketing, the 5950X does not efficiently leverage all its 16 cores in gaming (as demonstrated by similar effective speed scores compared to the 12-core 5900X, 8-core 5800X and 6-core 5600X.) 16 cores are only suitable for professional use cases that have CPU processing needs which cannot be more efficiently met by a GPU or other dedicated hardware. There is no Intel equivalent with this number of cores, and the 5950X’s uniqueness is reflected in its $799 USD price tag, 45% more expensive than the 5900X. Gamers will get far higher FPS per dollar by allocating a higher proportion of their budget towards a better GPU rather than blowing $799 USD on the 5950X. Professional users that plan to use 32 concurrent threads at 100% load will find value in the 5950X. On the other hand, workstation users that rarely exceed 20 concurrent threads at 100% should consider the 10850K for around half the money. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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