Ryzen 7 5800X vs Ryzen 5 5600G — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 7 5800X vs Ryzen 5 5600G. Release years: 2020, 2021. MSRP range: $449 · $259. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 7 5800X

8 cores105W TDP$449 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 7 5800X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 5 5600G

6 cores65W TDP$259 MSRP2021

Full Ryzen 5 5600G benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 7 5800X	Ryzen 5 5600G
cores	8	6
threads	16	12
base clock ghz	—	3.9
boost clock ghz	4.7	4.4
tdp w	105	65
l3 cache mb	32	16
process nm	—	7
socket	AM4	AMD Socket AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 7 5800X	Ryzen 5 5600G
Cinebench R23 multi	15,228 points	11,187 points
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core	—	10,551 points
Cinebench R23 single	1,596 points	1,409 points
Cinebench R23 Single-Core	—	1,409 points
Geekbench 6 multi	10,282 points	8,288 points
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core	—	8,288 points
Geekbench 6 single	2,174 points	1,938 points
Geekbench 6 Single-Core	—	1,938 points
PassMark CPU Mark	27,679 points	19,654 points
PassMark CPU Mark (multi)	—	19,668 CPU Mark
PassMark Single-Thread	3,448 points	3,178 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy	—	96 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.