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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $299
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 3800X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5600X is 487 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 3800X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Performs up to 6% better in No Man's Sky than Ryzen 7 3800X - 191 vs 181 FPS
- Up to 48% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3800X - €149.79 vs €290.43
- Up to 51% better value when playing No Man's Sky than Ryzen 7 3800X - €0.78 vs €1.6 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
No Man's Sky
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 7 3800x 4,5GHz AM4 36MB Cache Wraith Prism
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Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
191
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.78/FPS
100%
Price, €
€149.79
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD AM4 Ryzen 5 6 Tray 5600X 3,7GHz MAX Boost 4,6GHz 6xCore 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Matisse | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
3.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
39.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 3800X or Ryzen 5 5600X
No Man's Sky, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
105 FPS
€14.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,569
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136 FPS
€7.17/FPS
Radeon RX 6750 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€974.9
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105 FPS
€8.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
12 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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€888
In Stock
118 FPS
€9.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1000 GB SSD
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€1,099
In Stock
105 FPS
€8.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€929
In Stock
101 FPS
€7.92/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB HDD
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€799.9
In Stock
125 FPS
€8.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,119
In Stock
118 FPS
€9.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1000 GB SSD
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€1,099
In Stock
118 FPS
€10.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1000 GB SSD
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€1,259
In Stock
64 FPS
€11.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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€729
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