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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X3D outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 5600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X3D is 790 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 5600X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D - 65 vs 120 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
- Performs up to 7% better in Apex Legends than Ryzen 5 5600X - 314 vs 294 FPS
- Up to 66% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5600X - $406.02 vs $1199.99
- Up to 68% better value when playing Apex Legends than Ryzen 5 5600X - $1.29 vs $4.08 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 5600X doesn't have integrated graphics
Apex Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
294
93.63057324840764%
Value, $/FPS
$4.08/FPS
31.61764705882353%
Price, $
$1199.99
33%
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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Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
314
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.29/FPS
100%
Price, $
$406.02
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X3D 12-Core, 24-Thread Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 5600X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Single-Core
2092
74.1318214032601%
Multi-Core
8659
49.539447336804166%
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Raphael |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 44.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 5600X or Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Apex Legends, 1920 x 1080, High
164 FPS
$6.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,049.99
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223 FPS
$6.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,499
In Stock
191 FPS
$5.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,049
In Stock
164 FPS
$7.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,249.99
In Stock
253 FPS
$7.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,799.99
In Stock
155 FPS
$6.65/FPS
Radeon RX 6600 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,029.99
In Stock
273 FPS
$9.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,549.99
In Stock
164 FPS
$6.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5600X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$999.99
In Stock
174 FPS
$7.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,299.99
In Stock
191 FPS
$12.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 5600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,344
In Stock
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