AMD Ryzen 5 5600GE vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600GE and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3219 vs 2972
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18664 vs 13220
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 Apr 2021 vs 5 Nov 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3219 vs 2972
PassMark - CPU mark 18664 vs 13220

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • 12 more threads: 24 vs 12
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Number of threads 24 vs 12
Maximum frequency 4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB vs 3 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 16 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3219
2972
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18664
13220
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600GE AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
PassMark - Single thread mark 3219 2972
PassMark - CPU mark 18664 13220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 11664

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600GE AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 3
Launch date 13 Apr 2021 5 Nov 2020
OPN Tray 100-000000261 100-000000059
Place in performance rating 499 521
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $799
OPN PIB 100-100000059WOF

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 1 MB
L2 cache 3 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
Number of cores 6 12
Number of GPU cores 7
Number of threads 12 24
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1900 MHz
iGPU core count 7
Processor graphics Radeon Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 105 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)