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

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 7 5800X. All released in 2020. MSRP range: $299 · $449. 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 5 5600X

6 cores65W TDP$299 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 5 5600X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 7 5800X

8 cores105W TDP$449 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 7 5800X 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 5 5600X	Ryzen 7 5800X
cores	6	8
threads	12	16
boost clock ghz	4.6	4.7
tdp w	65	105
l3 cache mb	32	32
socket	AM4	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 5 5600X	Ryzen 7 5800X
Cinebench R23 multi	11,201 points	15,228 points
Cinebench R23 single	1,593 points	1,596 points
Geekbench 6 multi	8,810 points	10,282 points
Geekbench 6 single	2,158 points	2,174 points
PassMark CPU Mark	21,836 points	27,679 points
PassMark Single Thread	3,366 points	—
PassMark Single Thread Rating	3,365 points	—
PassMark Single-Thread	—	3,448 points
Y-cruncher 1B	49 seconds	32
Y-cruncher Pi-1B	—	32 seconds

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.