AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review

1. Ryzen 5 5600X - A New All-Round King?2. Operating Frequencies & Overclocking3. Testing Methodology4. CPU Tests: Cinebench R205. CPU Tests: Blender and V-Ray Rendering6. CPU Tests: 7-Zip Compression & Decompression7. CPU Tests: Handbrake H264 & H2658. Memory Tests: Memory Bandwidth and Latency9. Gaming: 3DMark Time Spy10. Gaming: F1 202011. Gaming: Grand Theft Auto V12. Gaming: Metro Exodus13. Gaming: Red Dead Redemption 214. Gaming: Shadow of the Tomb Raider15. Gaming: The Division 216. Technical: Power Draw, Efficiency, Temperatures17. Value: Cinebench Performance per £18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

Red Dead Redemption 2

We run the game with image settings manually set to High and the DirectX 12 mode enabled.

Red Dead Redemption 2 using our test setup continues to show strong preference for Intel Comet Lake chips. Here, the Core i5-10600K beats the Ryzen 5 5600X by a measurable and somewhat useful margin. AMD’s six-core 5600X does, however, keep pace with the other Zen 3 parts and slightly outperforms the Zen 2 offerings.

At 1440P, we see more of the same Intel preference and this time the performance uplift from Zen 2 to Zen 3 is compressed heavily, except for the low FPS numbers on the 3600XT.

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