Name: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Brand: AMD
SKU: 100-100000065BOX
Rating: 5.0 (42 reviews)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core 12-Thread AM4 Unlocked Wraith Stealth Cooler 100-100000065BOX

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AMD's Fastest 6 Core Processor For Mainstream Desktop, With 12 Processing Threads
Can Deliver Elite 100+ FPS Performance In The World's Most Popular Games
Bundled With The Quiet, Capable AMD Wraith Stealth Cooler
4.6 Ghz Max Boost, Unlocked For Overclocking, 35 MB Of Cache, DDR-3200 Support
For The Advanced Socket AM4 Platform, Can Support Pcie 4.0 On X570 And B550 Motherboards

Specifications Overview

Model	100-100000065BOX
Release Date	November 2020 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Ryzen 5 5000 Series
Core Name	Vermeer
Socket	AM4
Integrated Graphics	None
CPU Cores	6
CPU Threads	12
CPU Clock Rate	3700 MHz
CPU Turbo Clock Rate	4600 MHz
TDP	65 W
CPU Cooler included	Yes
Manufacturing Process	7 nm
Maximum Supported Memory	128 GB
Cache L3	32 MB

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Performance comparison with similar Processors

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Pangoly Performance

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i9-11900K (59th)		107%
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (61st)		107%
Intel Core i9-10900K (62nd)		106%
Intel Core i9-10900KF (62nd)		106%
Intel Core i3-12100F (64th)		106%
Intel Core i3-12100 (64th)		106%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (66th)		105%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (67th)		103%
Intel Core i7-11700K (68th)		101%
Intel Core i7-11700KF (68th)		101%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (70th)		100%
Intel Core i5-11600K (71st)		99%
Intel Core i5-11600KF (71st)		99%
Intel Core i7-11700 (73rd)		97%
Intel Core i7-11700F (73rd)		97%
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G (75th)		97%
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (75th)		97%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (77th)		96%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX (77th)		96%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX (77th)		96%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX (77th)		96%

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Pangoly Workstation Performance

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon E5-2699 V4 (103rd)		109%
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X (104th)		108%
Intel Core i5-12500 (104th)		108%
Intel Core i9-9900X (106th)		106%
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (107th)		105%
Intel Core i7-10700F (107th)		105%
Intel Core i7-10700 (107th)		105%
Intel Core i5-12400F (110th)		104%
Intel Core i5-12400 (110th)		104%
Intel Core i9-9820X (112th)		102%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (113th)		100%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (114th)		98%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (114th)		98%
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 (116th)		95%
Intel Core i9-9900 (117th)		95%
Intel Core i7-9800X (118th)		95%
Intel Core i5-11600K (119th)		94%
Intel Core i5-11600KF (119th)		94%
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (121st)		89%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (122nd)		86%
Intel Core i5-11400 (123rd)		85%

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Pangoly Gaming Performance

Gaming score is based on single thread performance, physics engine and L3 cache

Intel Core i7-12700K (48th)		110%
Intel Core i7-12700KF (49th)		109%
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G (50th)		109%
Intel Core i7-13700T (51st)		107%
Intel Core i5-13400F (52nd)		105%
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G (53rd)		103%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (54th)		103%
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G (55th)		102%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (56th)		102%
Intel Core i7-12700 (57th)		~
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (58th)		100%
Intel Core i5-12600 (59th)		99%
Intel Core i5-13400 (60th)		99%
Intel Core i7-12700F (61st)		97%
Intel Core i5-12500 (62nd)		94%
Intel Core i5-12400F (63rd)		92%
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (64th)		91%
Intel Core i5-13500T (65th)		90%
Intel Core i5-12400 (66th)		89%
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (67th)		88%
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT (68th)		88%

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Expert reviews

In conclusion, the Ryzen 5 5600X is a pocket-rocket and will impress you in ways you can't imagine. It punches way above its weight in most tests and is the only processor you'll need if you're building a next-gen build with a fairly expensive RTX 30-series or RX 6000 series graphics card.

TechPowerUp

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Yeah, even the six-core part will be a feisty product in overall PC Desktop performance, but just as well in PC gaming. You get your 12-threads, and most games dig that. Albeit we would like to steer you towards an 8-core processor, we surely also understand that not everybody has got the budget for that.

The Guru of 3D

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All things considered, we’re really impressed with what AMD has achieved here. After the disillusionment of years of weaker generation-on-generation performance uplifts from the competition, AMD set a goal to beat the average ~7% IPC year-on-year gain. With +19% IPC on Zen3, Intel has no equal right now - not even Tiger Lake at 4.8 GHz - and has...

AnandTech

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