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

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4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.07GHz, Nehalem.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Effective Speed 
+45%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 419,809 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: 120th / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
36,389 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 74% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 54% Great: 74%
SPEED RANK: 503rd / 1463
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		95.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+45% 		65.9 %
Average Score 
+103%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		84 Pts 86.7 Pts +3%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		162 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+115% 		75.5 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		315 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+119% 		144 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		580 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+134% 		248 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		883 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+152% 		350 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+89%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		93.8 Pts 96.1 Pts +2%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		172 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+95% 		88 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		342 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+101% 		170 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		667 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+116% 		309 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		989 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+137% 		417 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+1,636%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.31 % Insanely higher market share.
+6,450% 		0.02 %
Value
Value For Money 		121 % Much better value.
+38% 		87.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		94 % Much more popular.
+71% 		55 %
Price
Price (score) 		$120 $100 Cheaper.
+17%
Nice To Haves 
+81%
Age
Newest 		46 Months Much more recent.
+75% 		186 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+50% 		130 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores Much higher core count.
+50% 		4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads Much higher thread count.
+50% 		8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		7 nm Hugely newer manufacturing.
+84% 		45 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz Faster base frequency.
+21% 		3.07 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.6 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+38% 		3.33 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1160 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+167% 		434 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1055 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+196% 		356 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen3 Nehalem
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM4 LGA1366
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
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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The i7-950 is a first generation Core processor which is now three generations and four years old. The 950 was included in the group test as a reference for how fast processors were back in 2009. This particular generation of processor heralded the 4 core 8 thread configuration that Intel has been kitting its top end processors with ever since. In terms of real world performance based on single core horsepower (most applications are still unable to make use of multiple cores concurrently), with a PassMark Single Thread score of 1320 the i7-950 is approximately 50% slower than its modern day equivalent, the i7 4770K. [Feb '12 CPUPro]

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