AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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

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

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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
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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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon E5-2699 V4 (101st)
109%
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X (102nd)
108%
Intel Core i5-12500 (102nd)
108%
Intel Core i9-9900X (104th)
106%
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (105th)
105%
Intel Core i7-10700F (105th)
105%
Intel Core i7-10700 (105th)
105%
Intel Core i5-12400F (108th)
104%
Intel Core i5-12400 (108th)
104%
Intel Core i9-9820X (110th)
102%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (111th)
100%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (112th)
98%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (112th)
98%
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 (114th)
95%
Intel Core i9-9900 (115th)
95%
Intel Core i7-9800X (116th)
95%
Intel Core i5-11600K (117th)
94%
Intel Core i5-11600KF (117th)
94%
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (119th)
89%
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (120th)
86%
Intel Core i5-11400 (121st)
85%

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Expert reviews

90

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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90

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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90

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...


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