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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 7 5700G — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 5600X leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks (2% in Cinebench R23 single); the Ryzen 7 5700G takes 1 (38% in PassMark CPU Mark).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 5600X and the Ryzen 7 5700G. 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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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 5600XRyzen 7 5700G
cores 6—
threads 12—
boost clock ghz 4.6—
tdp w 65—
l3 cache mb 32—
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 Phoronix, Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, TechSpot, Geekbench Browser, CpuTronic, PassMark and HWBOT; 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 5600XRyzen 7 5700G
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Phoronix, Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck		 11,520 pts14,350 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Notebookcheck		 1,567 pts1,535 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: TechSpot, Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, CpuTronic		 8,973 pts10,395 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, GadgetVersus, CpuTronic		 2,166 pts1,967 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 20,368 pts28,032 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,366 points—
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,365 points3,282 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —1,280 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: HWBOT		 49 seconds—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 5600X or the Ryzen 7 5700G?

The Ryzen 5 5600X leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks (2% in Cinebench R23 single); the Ryzen 7 5700G takes 1 (38% in PassMark CPU Mark).

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