amd ryzen 5 5600x vs amd ryzen 7 1700x
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X (Desktop) 8-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
- Newer released 2017 years later
- Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Newer released 3 years later
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X – 65 vs 95 Watt
- Around 8.5 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
- 17% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 3.8 GHz)
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | March 2 2017 | October 8 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen | Vermeer |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | - | - |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.8 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 768 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 4096 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16384 KB | 32 MB |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 W | 65 W |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | - |
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 1700X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |