AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD FX-6120

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD FX-6120
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2012
AMD FX-6120

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6120

None

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD FX-6120
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
SSE4a
CLMUL
CVT16
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD FX-6120
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Bulldozer
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameVermeervsZambezi
Release DateNov 2020vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD FX-6120
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD FX-6120
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs288 KB
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs6144 KB
L3 Cache32MBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD FX-6120
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3+
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs315mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XAMD FX-6120
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs200 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.425 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    5520 points
  • AMD FX-6120
    2478 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    32500 points
  • AMD FX-6120
    10450 points

Points - higher is better