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Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: AM4
Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.6 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 32 MB
Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2020
CPUmark/$Price: 136.62
Overall Rank:
710th fastest in multithreading out of 5270 CPUs
457th fastest in single threading out of 5270 CPUs
238th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $160.00 USD (2025-07-04)
Integer Math | 71,179 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 39,488 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 133 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 26,256 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 15,686 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 252,318 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,316 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 16,991 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 3,364 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,627 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,010 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,430 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,460 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,859 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,493 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,155 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,702 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,653 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,149 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 228.15 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 168.99 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.55 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 158.17 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.62 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 135.08 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.18 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 45.50 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,898 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,478 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,920 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,656 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2758264 - Jul 12 2025 | 23250 | |
BL2758099 - Jul 11 2025 | 20915 | |
BL2757777 - Jul 11 2025 | 22392 | |
BL2757685 - Jul 11 2025 | 23299 | |
BL2757477 - Jul 11 2025 | 21391 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,859 | |
Intel Core i5-11600K @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 19,526 (-10.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 16,735 (-23.4%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 19,718 (-9.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-11600KF @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 19,512 (-10.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-11500 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 17,123 (-21.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 23,709 (+8.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,544 (-1.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 18,725 (-14.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 18,157 (-16.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 27,056 (+23.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-14400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 25,767 (+17.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 24,425 (+11.7%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,430 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,145 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,281 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,835 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,568 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,475 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,880 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,799 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,624 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,530 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,464 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 4,478 |