AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2021
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Dec 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
    109%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
    125%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    106%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Much higher single threaded performance (around 25% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

6% higher multi threaded performance.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameCezannevsZen 2
Release DateApr 2021vsDec 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cores6vs8
Threads12vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 7vsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache16MBvs32MB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
Packagevs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs7 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600GAMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs4400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
    5280 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    4928 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
    34257 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    39352 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (simulated)
    249.33
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    199

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (simulated)
    1963.7
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    2101

points - higher is better