AMD Ryzen 9 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

Processor comparisons 22-03-2021

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests AMD Ryzen 9 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U and decide which is better for games or simple use for programming, rendering, video editing, streaming, machine learning. Here you can find all information from various benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like Furmark, Prime95, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 7zip, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, AIDA64, Handbrake, WPrime, VeraCrypt, 3DMark, SuperPi, RealBench, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, PassMark, PCMark 10, Dolphin Emulator, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U or AMD Ryzen 9 5600X.

Summary benchmark results

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

Ryzen 9 5600X

58%

Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

58%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 9 5600X

55%

Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

54%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play 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, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Ghostrunner, DOTA 2A, NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 4, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), League of Legends (LOL), Half-Life: Alyx, Metro Exodus, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	97.8	96.5
Valorant	111.2	109.6
Cyberpunk 2077	62.3	61.4
Apex Legends	104.5	103.0
Call of Duty Warzone	83.4	82.2
Overwatch	90.1	88.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	76.7	75.6
DOOM Eternal	55.6	54.8
Warzone	86.7	85.5
Assassin's Creed	93.4	92.1
Valheim	92.3	91.0

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 comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 9 5600X

89%

Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

206%

To make a finishing resolution 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 7 Pro 5850U is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 9 5600X since it has less power consumption: 65W vs. 20W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the processor uses all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, 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 9 5600X	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	187	257
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	2569	2482
Cinbench 20 Single-core	444	597
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	5905	5441
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1131	1482
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	15257	15143

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

	AMD Ryzen 9 5600X	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Single-Core	2421	3308
Multi-Core	27495	27376

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

	AMD Ryzen 9 5600X	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Single-Core	1747	1240
Multi-Core	9641	8286

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 9 5600X	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
Announcement date	November 05, 2020	February 22, 2021
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FP6
Core name	Vermeer	Cezanne
Architecture	Zen 3	Zen 3
Generation	4	5
Turbo Frequency	4.6 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	3.7 MHz	1.9 MHz
Cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	9400 millions	6200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	65 W	20 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	3200	3200
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache
L2 cache	3MB	4MB
L3 cache	32MB	32MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000065 100-100000065BOX 100-100000065MPK

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 9 5600X is 48% better than Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U has 2 more core than Ryzen 9 5600X. 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 9 5600X is better: 20
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U is better: 10
Although it should be realized that all the figures that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 9 5600X and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U before deciding which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

AMD Ryzen 9 5600X - all data

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

• AMD Ryzen 9 5600X specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U specs and review.