AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Processor comparisons   23-11-2022
   If there are difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and decide which is better for games or normal use for programming, video editing, streaming, rendering, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like PCMark 10, Prime95, Furmark, SuperPi, Blender, AIDA64, 3DMark, PassMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, MATLAB, RealBench, UserBenchmark, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, Blender, 7zip.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Fortnite
Rainbow Six Siege
Grand Theft Auto V
DOOM: Eternal
Valheim
Borderlands 3
Death Stranding
Watch Dogs Legion
Valorant
Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout 76
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Apex Legends
Overwatch
Halo Infinite
Last Man Standing
Red Dead Redemption 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or AMD Ryzen 5 5600.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 5 5600

56%

Ryzen 5 1600X

53%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Ryzen 5 5600 is 5% better than Ryzen 5 1600X. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 5 5600

55%

Ryzen 5 1600X

53%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: DOTA 2A, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Hitman 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Control, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Battlefield V, Ghostrunner, Metro Exodus, Forza Horizon 4, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	97.5	93.8
Valorant	110.8	106.6
Cyberpunk 2077	62.0	59.7
Apex Legends	104.1	100.2
Call of Duty Warzone	83.1	80.0
Overwatch	89.7	86.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	76.4	73.6
DOOM Eternal	55.4	53.3
Warzone	86.4	83.2
Assassin's Creed	93.0	89.6
Valheim	91.9	88.5

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 5 5600

86%

Ryzen 5 1600X

35%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 5600 is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 5 1600X as it consumes less power: 65W vs. 95W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cinbench 15 Single-core	258	151
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1999	1126
Cinbench 20 Single-core	609	389
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4634	2764
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1593	942
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	11456	6470

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Single-Core	3404	2217
Multi-Core	22494	13041

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Single-Core	1680	1010
Multi-Core	9288	5730

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Announcement date	April 04, 2022	April 11, 2017
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	AM4
Core name	Vermeer	Summit Ridge
Architecture	Zen 3	Zen
Generation	5	1
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.6 MHz
Cores	6	6
Threads	12	12
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	4800 millions	2800 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	65 W	95 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	3200	2667
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	384KB	576KB
L2 cache	3MB	3MB
L3 cache	32MB	16MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000927 100-100000927BOX	YD160XBCM6IAE

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 1600X is 2% better than Ryzen 5 5600 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is better: 29
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 1600X is better: 2
Although it should be realized that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X before deciding which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 5 5600 specs and review.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 5 1600X specs and review.