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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms Ryzen 3 2300X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5600X is 787 days newer than Ryzen 3 2300X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Performs up to 152% better in Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 3 2300X - 53 vs 21 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 2300X - 12 vs 4 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
53
100%
Value, $/FPS
$22.64/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1199.99
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FPS and Value Winner
Thermaltake LCGS Glacier 460 AIO Liquid Cooled CPU Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X 6-core, ToughRam DDR4 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2, WiFi) S3GL-B550-460-LCS
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 3 2300X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 3 2300X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Single-Core
1205
57.60038240917782%
Multi-Core
3304
38.156831042845596%
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 3 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 3 2300X or Ryzen 5 5600X
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
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