Testseek.com have collected 126 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7GHz Socket AM4 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7GHz Socket AM4.
November 2020
(88%)
126 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
155 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Beats 8-core 3800XT in both compute and gaming
Huge IPC gains
Gaming performance improved by over 15%
Impressive application performance
Compatible with existing AM4 motherboards
Multiplier unlocked
Power efficiency improved
Support for PCI-Express
6-core
12-thread
Impressive performance increase in single-core and gaming
Stayed within the same 65W TDP
Price
Great overclocking potential
Still using the AM4 socket
Ryzen Master software
Strong performance in content creation and productivity tasks
Dominance in gaming benchmarks
Low TDP
Compatible with Socket AM4
High overclock ceiling
Strong gaming performance
Strong single- and multi-threaded
Relatively easy too cool
IPC gain
Boost frequencies
Power efficiency
Overclockable
400/500-series compatible
PCIe Gen4 support
Bundled cooler
The editors didn't like
Price increase over previous generation
Overclocking barely worth it
No integrated graphics
None that I found
Price creep versus last-gen Ryzen 5
Overclocking didn't translate to actual major performance gains
Published: 2021-01-28, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Trying to figure out the best CPU for your next PC upgrade or DIY build? With apologies to Robert Frost, it's the classic two roads that parted in the wood—if the wood were a shopping-results page at Newegg or Amazon, and the road kept dividing endlessly...
Published: 2021-01-28, Author: Chris , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: These days, you're not suffering for choice if you're shopping for a new desktop CPU. Far from it! And that's true whether you're buying a new processor you'll use for PC gaming, one packed with cores for speedy content creation or media crunching, or a s...
Published: 2021-01-19, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: In order to wrap up our 6 core/12 thread CPU testing, we had to add the Ryzen 5 5600X to the mix. We're going back to the data we recently collected for testing the Core i5-10400F and Ryzen 5 3600, all of it using the Radeon RX 6800 in a range of PC games...
Published: 2020-12-31, Author: Chris , review by: pcmag.com
Strong performance in content creation and productivity tasks, Dominance in gaming benchmarks, Low TDP, Compatible with Socket AM4, High overclock ceiling
Price creep versus last-gen Ryzen 5, No integrated graphics, Overclocking didn't translate to actual major performance gains
AMD's cheaper Ryzen 3 3300X remains a stellar value among gaming CPUs, but the Ryzen 5 5600X is enough of a brute at its midrange price to make it the best pure gaming CPU of the year...
Published: 2020-12-12, Author: Paul , review by: tomshardware.com
Strong gaming performance, Strong single- and multi-threaded, Relatively easy too cool, IPC gain, boost frequencies, Power efficiency, Overclockable, 400/500-series compatible, PCIe Gen4 support, Bundled cooler,
Gen-on-gen price increase, No integrated graphics
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X takes the throne as the no-compromise gaming chip for the mid-range, accentuated by class-leading application performance and power efficiency...
Published: 2020-12-11, Author: Home , review by: lanoc.org
It's been a long crazy road from years ago when AMD was pushing out Bulldozer based CPUs, to the launch of Ryzen, and now with the new Zen 3 based CPUs, they have finally caught up with Intel on the IPC side of things. This was the final thing needed...
AMD has again answered its critics and delivered one of the best gaming processor we've seen to date. The Ryzen 5 5600X features all of AMD's latest technologies, while offering excellent value, amazing performance and seamless compatibility with both...
Published: 2020-11-09, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: It's time we finally check out the Ryzen 5 5600X, the most affordable Ryzen 5000 series processor announced to date. Positioned as a mainstream part, it's coming in at $300, a 20% premium over the Ryzen 5 3600X. However this third-gen processor already di...
Published: 2020-11-06, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: Following yesterday's launch-day AMD Ryzen 9 5900X/5950X benchmarks that showed the utter domination of Zen 3 carrying over just fine in the Linux realm, today we are looking at the performance of the Ryzen 5 5600X on Ubuntu against other Intel/AMD proces...
Beats 8-core 3800XT in both compute and gaming, Huge IPC gains, Gaming performance improved by over 15%, Impressive application performance, Compatible with existing AM4 motherboards, Multiplier unlocked, Power efficiency improved, Support for PCI-Express
Price increase over previous generation, Overclocking barely worth it, No integrated graphics
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X will retail for $299. Beats 8-core 3800XT in both compute and gaming Huge IPC gains Gaming performance improved by over 15% Impressive application performance Compatible with existing AM4 motherboards Multiplier unlocked Power effic...
