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16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen3.
Release date: Q4 2020.

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

Effective Speed 
+4%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 48,539 user samples
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6,783 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 90% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 4th / 1276
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 126%
UFO
41,756 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 86% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Poor: 86% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 15th / 1276
Gaming
Gaming 97%
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Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		101 % +4% 96.9 %
Average Score 
+8%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		88.3 Pts +1% 87.7 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 		159 Pts +3% 155 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 		316 Pts +3% 306 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed 		608 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+7% 		569 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 		1194 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+28% 		931 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+8%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		96 Pts +1% 95 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Mixed Speed 		170 Pts +5% 162 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Mixed Speed 		336 Pts +4% 322 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Mixed Speed 		650 Pts +2% 635 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Mixed Speed 		1277 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+28% 		1001 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+169%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.34 % 2.14 % Hugely higher market share.
+529%
Value
Value For Money 		67.5 % 89.2 % Much better value.
+32%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		65 % 94 % Much more popular.
+45%
Price
Price (score) 		$1,200 $374 Much cheaper.
+69%
Nice To Haves 
+66%
Age
Newest 		2 Months 2 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		105 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+38%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		16 cores Hugely higher core count.
+167% 		6 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+167% 		12 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		7 nm 7 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+9%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.9 GHz Slightly faster turbo frequency.
+7% 		4.6 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Mixed Speed 		3364 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+160% 		1293 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 		2912 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+143% 		1198 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen3 Zen3
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM4 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 101%
Average Bench 96.9%
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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 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 $190 USD i5-9600K, which, when paired with a 2060 Super, delivers higher EFps in four out of five of today’s most popular games. Allocating the savings to a higher tier GPU will result in an unquestionably superior gaming PC. [Nov '20 CPUPro]

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