AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review

Cinebench R20

Cinebench nT sees the 5600X making a positive start. Performance is 27% quicker than the 10600K and 16% better than the considerably cheaper Ryzen 5 3600XT. The 8-core 3700X does score higher though, with a 10% lead over the 5600X but that gap narrows significantly with the Zen 3 part’s 4.8GHz overclock.

Given the reduced maximum boost clocks, it comes as no surprise to see the 5600X scoring slightly below other Zen 3 chips. A performance result of 600 is certainly a strong step up of 23% versus the 10600K, 13% versus the 3600XT, and 18% versus the 3700X. These are big gains and our manual overclock to 4.8GHz pushed the 5600X’s lead even higher. Zen 3 really is proving to be a superb architectural design with fantastic IPC.

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