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6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.7GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2018.

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Game EFps  
+3%
CSGO
Dust 2 1080p Max 		280 EFps 310 EFps Better CSGO EFps.
+11%
GTAV
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max 		110 EFps Slightly Better GTAV EFps.
+9% 		101 EFps
Overwatch
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max 		138 EFps +3% 134 EFps
PUBG
M249 Training 1080p Max 		135 EFps +3% 131 EFps
Fortnite
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max 		133 EFps Better Fortnite EFps.
+11% 		120 EFps
Effective Speed 
+3%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 704,614 user samples
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321,194 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 103% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 82% Great: 103%
SPEED RANK: 121st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
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: 107th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		93.2 % 95.9 % +3%
External Data: 1080p 
+11%
10 Mar21|HardwareLUXX
Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S... 		BFV 2% 17 % SotTR 30%, MetroEx 9%, Divis2 30%
05 Nov20|Techpowerup
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review 		Witcher3 1%, MetroEx 4% 4 % FarC5 7%, BFV 7%, SotTR 5%, Rage2 7%, Civ6 12%, ACO 7%, Sekiro 1%, Wolf2 0%
Average Score 
+14%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		91 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8% 		84 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		135 Pts 162 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+20%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		268 Pts 315 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+18%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		525 Pts 580 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+10%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		688 Pts 883 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+28%
Overclocked Score 
+10%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		96.5 Pts +3% 93.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		153 Pts 172 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+12%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		306 Pts 342 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+12%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		604 Pts 667 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+10%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		822 Pts 989 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+20%
Value & Sentiment 
+3%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.16 % 1.21 % +4%
Value
Value For Money 		108 % 112 % +4%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		92 % 94 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$164 $159 +3%
Nice To Haves 
+34%
Age
Newest 		65 Months 41 Months Much more recent.
+37%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		95 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+32%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 6 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		6 threads 12 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		14 nm 7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+50%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.6 GHz 4.6 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		848 Pts 1160 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+37%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		717 Pts 1055 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+47%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Coffee Lake Zen3
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1151 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		UHD 630 None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 93.2%
Average Bench 95.9%
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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 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 price. Allocating the savings to a higher tier GPU will result in a far superior gaming PC. [Nov '20 CPUPro]

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