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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700: Comparison
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 7 1700 separate most on l3 cache: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X at 32 MB, AMD Ryzen 7 1700 at 16 MB, 50% in favour of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. L2 Cache splits them by another 25%, this time favouring AMD Ryzen 7 1700. They match on 12 other specifications, including form factor, tdp and market segment. In Blender Cycles (CPU) the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X scores 151 against 117 for the AMD Ryzen 7 1700, a lead of 23%.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Product Line | Ryzen | Ryzen 7 |
| Form Factor | Desktop | Desktop |
| Model Number | 5600X | 1700 |
| Codename | Vermeer | Summit Ridge |
| Core/Thread Count | 6 Core / 12 Thread | 8 Core / 16 Thread |
| Release Year | 2020 | 2017 |
| TDP | 65 W | 65 W |
| Market Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Cache | 32MB L3 + 3MB L2 + 384KB L1 | 16MB L3 + 4MB L2 + 768KB L1 |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Boost/Base Clock | 4.6 GHz / 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Socket Status | End of Life | End of Life |
| Process Node | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Performance Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Efficiency Cores | 0 | 0 |
| SMT Enabled | true | true |
| P-Core Base Clock | 3.7 | 3.0 GHz |
| P-Core Boost Clock | 4.6 | 3.7 GHz |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB-25% | 4 MB |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 16 MB-50% |
| Base Power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max Turbo Power | 88 | 65 W |
| Memory Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Max Memory Speed | 3200 | 2666 MT/s |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | true | false |
| Integrated Graphics | No | No |
| Copilot Plus Certified | false | false |
| PCIe Generation | PCIe 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 24 | 20-17% |
| Launch MSRP | 299 | $329 |
| Retail Availability | Boxed Retail | Retail |
| Series | Ryzen 5 | Ryzen 7 |
| CPU Process Node | 7 Nanometers (TSMC) | 14 Nanometers |
| Architecture | Zen 3, Ryzen 5000 Series | Zen, Ryzen 1000 Series |
Benchmarks
Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.
Blender Cycles (CPU)
Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.
Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every core at once. The score measures sustained multi-core throughput, so a chip that wins here can still lose at gaming, where one or two fast cores matter more. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that chip on the same Blender version.