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Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 7 3800X

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 7 3800X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5600 outperforms Ryzen 7 3800X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5600 is 1018 days newer than Ryzen 7 3800X.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5600

  • Performs up to 9% better in Far Cry 3 than Ryzen 7 3800X - 165 vs 151 FPS
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 65 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 7 3800X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - 16 vs 12 threads
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Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo
Ryzen 5 5600

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2022


FPS

165

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Logo
Ryzen 7 3800X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

151

92%

Value, £/FPS

£1.66/FPS

100%

Price, £

£249.97

100%

Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Processor (8C/16T, 36 MB Cache, 4.5 GHz Max Boost)

Buy for £249.97 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 271 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo
Ryzen 5 5600

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2022

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Logo
Ryzen 7 3800X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo
Ryzen 5 5600

Desktop • Apr 20th, 2022


Single-Core

2052

100%

Multi-Core

8610

100%

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Logo
Ryzen 7 3800X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1704

83%

Multi-Core

8242

96%

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo

Ryzen 5 5600

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Logo

Ryzen 7 3800X

Apr 20th, 2022
Release DateJul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 5CollectionRyzen 7
VermeerCodenameMatisse
AMD Socket AM4SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
8
12Threads
16
3.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.9 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
65 W
TDP105 W
7 nmProcess Size7 nm
35.0xMultiplier
39.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

PCs Using Ryzen 5 5600 or Ryzen 7 3800X

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