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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 7 3700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H leads on 2 of 4 shared benchmarks (1% in Cinebench R23 single); the Ryzen 7 3700X takes 2 (29% in Cinebench R23 multi).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and the Ryzen 7 3700X. Released 2021 (AMD Ryzen 5 5600H), 2019 (Ryzen 7 3700X). Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

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Specs side-by-side

SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HRyzen 7 3700X
cores 68
threads 1216
base clock ghz 3.33.6
boost clock ghz 4.24.4
tdp w 4565
l2 cache mb 3—
l3 cache mb 1632
process nm 77
socket FP6AMD Socket AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Gamers Nexus, Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, technical.city, Puget Systems, HardwareDB, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkAMD Ryzen 5 5600HRyzen 7 3700X
7-Zip Compression (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —78,000 MIPS
Adobe Photoshop (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —7,000 points
Adobe Premiere (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —6,613 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware, CGDirector		 9,466 points12,195 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, Tom's Hardware, CGDirector		 1,363 points1,345 points
Geekbench 5 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 6,505 points—
Geekbench 5 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 1,374 points—
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: technical.city, Puget Systems, HardwareDB, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus		 6,596 points9,145 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: technical.city, Puget Systems, HardwareDB, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus		 1,729 points1,740 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 16,423 points22,401 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,883 pts2,654 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —2,654 points

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

No verified AI inference results on file. See the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H benchmark page →

Ryzen 7 3700X

No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 7 3700X benchmark page →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H or the Ryzen 7 3700X?

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H leads on 2 of 4 shared benchmarks (1% in Cinebench R23 single); the Ryzen 7 3700X takes 2 (29% in Cinebench R23 multi).

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