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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

AMDAM42020

Specifications

Manufacturer
AMD
Family
Ryzen 5
Generation
Zen 3
Cores
6
Threads
12
Base clock
3.7 GHz
Boost clock
4.6 GHz
Socket
AM4
TDP
65 W
Released
2020
Integrated graphics
No — a separate graphics card is required

Relative performance

Multi-thread

98

Rendering, compiling, encoding, simulation

Single-thread

103

Games, and anything latency-sensitive

Both indexes are normalised so an Intel Core i5-12400F scores 100. They are editorial estimates used for ranking and comparison, not measured benchmark results.

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