Ryzen 7 5700X vs. Ryzen 5 5600, 8-Cores vs. 6-Cores For Gaming

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Ryzen 7 5700X vs. Ryzen 5 5600, 8-Cores vs. 6-Cores For Gaming

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[tuugestein]

I love that you used the B350 Tomahawk for this. Really highlights the platform versatility of AM4

[Thundermonk]

I was literally just looking at these chips while speccing out a build for a friend. Your timing is uncanny Steve!

[ricardofac]

The 65W TDP of 5700X makes it simply amazing, still runs cool and consumes as 5600 with more 2 extra cores for a little longevity. I think they earned my extra bucks for it.

[KimBoKastekniv]

That's not that big of a gap honestly, the 5600 is looking better every day. Thank you for testing.

[oldprecision]

I really appreciate that recently you have been testing CPUs with both a high and mid tier cards. It gives me a better expectation of performance for the class of GPU i would be pairing the CPU with.

[NatrajChaturvedi]

The nuanced way you explain things is something I always like in your reviews and benchmark videos.

[yr.Old.Nerdin]

Between this video, and the 3600 vs 5600 video, I think I'll have to accept I've got a pretty nice pairing with my R5 3600 and a 6600XT. I have virtually no reason to upgrade either my CPU or my GPU, unless I'm willing to do both. And even then, the margins probably aren't worth my costs still.

[jarrod]

The way I see it, by the time you need 8 cores for gaming it will probably be time to upgrade again anyway, so save your money until then. And the 8 core processors out in 5 years time will be leaps and bounds ahead of the 8 core processors we have now anyway

[soulshinobi]

Do you have the data now to compare the 3600, 3800x, 5600, and 5800X3D in one graph? I think this would be most interesting!

[marksaxon]

To me it comes down to how long do you plan on keeping the system. If you are a constant upgrader (every 2-3 years), then the 5600 makes sense. If you're like me where you go 4-5 years between upgrades, then I would go with the 5700. I have the 5800x and I love it. Quick for doing a bunch of tasks (not just gaming). It's great for video editing/rendering.

[marcasswellbmd]

When I look at these charts I am always looking at the 1% low's and how close they are, because ultimately that make or breaks the experience... Love your charts..

[GTSavvy]

I wonder if a "benchmark" comparison of the UE5 Matrix Awakens demo might give us a good indication of the type of CPU cores/performance we could be looking at needing in the not-to-distant future? Until we get some proper UE5/Lumen/Nanite based titles to run, that is.

[madguitarist]

I went 5700X because the extra cores help me for music production and recording applications. Would love to see a comparison to the 12700F with both DDR4 and DDR5.

[t_z]

I'd be curious, though I know it would be an unreasonable amount of work for you guys, to see if the performance difference is greater in VR. The general rule of thumb is that VR is heavier on the CPU than flatscreen gaming, and that's one of the reasons I went with a 5700X over the 5600. That and the extra cores are handy for the occasional VM or productivity workload.

[sudo]

Great video! Could you do a test of 2700x vs 2600x to see if the extra 2 cores on the older chips make any difference in today's games? That would be a good indication of what to expect with current gen models in the future!

[thrickles]

I'm someone doesn't upgrade until I absolutely have to (still using a 2500K). Even though I play none of these games, the amount of effort you put behind these comparisons and benchmarks is extremely helpful to keep tabs on hardware performance and potential upgrade paths. Thank you!

[TheStateOfEarth]

How much would these results change if you have discord streaming + Spotify / YouTube playing at the same time. Are there real world scenarios (like being alt tabbed waiting for a match to start) where extra cores help with other things running in the background?

I think most people will have a few other things running while gaming, or are those so minor that they won't noticibly impact performance?

[polygons]

5700X is a sweet price spot for productivity (I mean, graphics, editing) in the low/mid range, though. It's the cheapest 8 core in AMD without removing a lot of cache (5700G), also ideal for those who (now that is doable) prefer to just couple it with a discrete card, as _MANY_ apps do actually require it to be so. While 5800X and 5800X3D are in the way too pricey spot, even more if you compare them to the power horse that it is an intel 12700.

The reason behind it is that in this low/mid range, single core and the IPC of the 5600 is really nice and enough for Photoshop and similar apps (slightly better performance than a 10900K in it) . But the render time difference in both 3D rendering and video export in every app which has benchmarks about it, is a *huge* gap (from 6 cores to 8), and time is money. So, the bare minimum of 8 cores is a must for even very low budgets for graphics creation. I can only think of digital painters (who only do that, but I'm one and I also do video and 3D stuff!) and pixel artists ("Pixel Art") as the only ones that could be fine with a 6 core CPU. Maybe a bit tight if they plan on also stream and do it by CPU and work on graphics at same time (streaming that). Maybe Photographers too, but many RAW processing related tasks in several apps benefit immensely of many cores.

From benchmark results, 6 cores for productivity/graphics/content creation in general, is not a purchase I personally would make, anymore, not even with low expectations about one's activity. Unless I was super tight in money. Or.... I know of countries where the pricing of tech is completely unbalanced with average income, I understand there going for a 4 core or even lower (is not "impossible" to find a way and workarounds).

So, IMO it is smart from AMD to provide with this CPU. I applaud it.

[nickhalbert-lillyman]

I'd love to see these tests run again with some standard background tasks running, e.g. Spotify, Webex/Teams, Youtube and some more browser tabs.

[Jujubeans]

recently upgraded to a 5700x from a 2700x and its a big improvement! I do some casual streaming and is working well for me encoding and gaming at the same time. was a no braner for the 2 extra cores for me! loving it so far.