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

Blender Classroom Benchmark

The 5600X comfortably outperforms the cheaper Core i5-10600K and Ryzen 5 3600XT in Blender. But the slightly more expensive Ryzen 7 3700X and its eight Zen 2 cores are notably faster in this test. If you were looking at purchasing the 5600X for a budget multi-threaded Blender rig, the 8-core Zen 2 offering looks to be a more valuable solution at the price point.

V-Ray CPU Benchmark

V-Ray sees the 5600X continuing to deliver strong performance leads over the cheaper Core i5 and Ryzen 5 chips. This time, the overclocked 5600X matches the stock clocked 3700X performance and is within touching distance of the 4.7GHz 10700K.

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