What’s the difference between the 5600 and the 5500?

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

I’ve been looking at an upgrade and I saw both the 5500 and the 5600 with the 5500 a lot cheaper so I was wondering what it is and if I should get it instead?

[Cr33ps]

Get the 5600 if the price difference is not "a lot cheaper" as you said. The 5500 is fine if it is cheaper. The 5500 is just the under clocked 5600.

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Well it’s around $220 AUD for the 5500 and the 5600 costs $310 AUD so I think I’ll go for the 5500

[PDifolco]

The 5600 is a clocked down 5600X, and is ok, it compares to a i5-12400, but the 5500 is done from dumped silicon not good enough for 5600G and is just bad even compared to an 12100, don't get this !

 

Have a look at GN review 

 

[Cr33ps]

3 minutes ago, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh said:

Well it’s around $220 AUD for the 5500 and the 5600 costs $310 AUD so I think I’ll go for the 5500

Another question is what cpu are you upgrading from because there could be different options. Full system specs?

[KaitouX]

10 minutes ago, Cr33ps said:

Get the 5600 if the price difference is not "a lot cheaper" as you said. The 5500 is fine if it is cheaper. The 5500 is just the under clocked 5600.

It's an underclocked 5600G not 5600, it doesn't support PCIe 4.0 and have only 19MB of cache, which is almost half of what the 5600(X) has at 35MB. It's quite a bit slower in games compared to the 5600, in many cases it's about the same as the 3600.

[Cr33ps]

5 minutes ago, KaitouX said:

It's an underclocked 5600G not 5600, it doesn't support PCIe 4.0 and have only 19MB of cache, which is almost half of what the 5600(X) has at 35MB. It's quite a bit slower in games compared to the 5600, in many cases it's about the same as the 3600.

The 5600 is $90 more than the 5500 and for only $19 more they can get a 5600x which I think is better if price is not the biggest thing in the world.

 

5600x

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/g94BD3/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-37-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000065box

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

31 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

The 5600 is a clocked down 5600X, and is ok, it compares to a i5-12400, but the 5500 is done from dumped silicon not good enough for 5600G and is just bad even compared to an 12100, don't get this !

 

Have a look at GN review 

 

Thanks for saving me from a waste of money!

[Cr33ps]

40 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

The 5600 is a clocked down 5600X, and is ok, it compares to a i5-12400, but the 5500 is done from dumped silicon not good enough for 5600G and is just bad even compared to an 12100, don't get this !

 

Have a look at GN review 

 

 

1. Not much of a performance gap that would be a problem in games

2. A new 12 gen intel mobo is expensive in AU

3. You do have a point but the 5600 is only better because of cache and clock speeds and if you think the 5500 is not an option then the 5600x beats the 5600 and the 5600x is only $19 more. Better to spend $19 dollars for more fps if you are already spending $90 extra.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/g94BD3/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-37-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000065box

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

37 minutes ago, Cr33ps said:

Another question is what cpu are you upgrading from because there could be different options. Full system specs?

I’m currently running a i3 10100F with a Galax GTX 1650 super, 16gb DDR4 of 2666 mhz g.skill aegis, A 1TB wd blue SATA ssd, a 4TB wd blue hard drive and a unmarked 1TB drive I pulled out of a busted AIO a 650w coolmaster MWE bronze all on a gigabyte H410M DS2V inside of a thermaltake verse H18

[Cr33ps]

3 minutes ago, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh said:

I’m currently running a i3 10100F with a Galax GTX 1650 super, 16gb DDR4 of 2666 mhz g.skill aegis, A 1TB wd blue SATA ssd, a 4TB wd blue hard drive and a unmarked 1TB drive I pulled out of a busted AIO a 650w coolmaster MWE bronze all on a gigabyte H410M DS2V inside of a thermaltake verse H18

12th gen intel could be a better upgrade depending on prices on a mobo

[Jeppes]

18 minutes ago, Cr33ps said:

 

1. Not much of a performance gap that would be a problem in games

2. A new 12 gen intel mobo is expensive in AU

3. You do have a point but the 5600 is only better because of cache and clock speeds and if you think the 5500 is not an option then the 5600x beats the 5600 and the 5600x is only $19 more. Better to spend $19 dollars for more fps if you are already spending $90 extra.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/g94BD3/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-37-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000065box

Thats $19 for the letter X not performance.

[SupaKomputa]

1 hour ago, Cr33ps said:

The 5600 is $90 more than the 5500 and for only $19 more they can get a 5600x which I think is better if price is not the biggest thing in the world.

 

I bet you can easily overclock a 5600 to x, and save $19.

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

51 minutes ago, Cr33ps said:

12th gen intel could be a better upgrade depending on prices on a mobo

Yeah that’s what I thought and it is cheaper then the AMD alternatives with similar performance 

[Cr33ps]

28 minutes ago, Jeppes said:

Thats $19 for the letter X not performance.

In @Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 's build it has a gtx 1650 super and an i3-10100F so they would need a new mobo for newer Intel cpu's and AMD cpu's. So there are many new options for upgrading so Alder Lake series Cpu's could be a option instead of AMD depending on the price. 

 

Intel 12th gen

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/qNWWGL

 

AMD 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/mN3Hzf

 

10 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

I bet you can easily overclock a 5600 to x, and save $19.

Ok, didn't know since it is hard to find overclocking vidoes

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

37 minutes ago, Cr33ps said:

In @Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 's build it has a gtx 1650 super and an i3-10100F so they would need a new mobo for newer Intel cpu's and AMD cpu's. So there are many new options for upgrading so Alder Lake series Cpu's could be a option instead of AMD depending on the price. 

 

Intel 12th gen

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/qNWWGL

 

AMD 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/mN3Hzf

 

Ok, didn't know since it is hard to find overclocking vidoes

Well I'm upgrading to an rtx 3060 which is the whole point of the upgrade of the cpu, will the 12th gen i3 bottleneck the 3060?

[Cr33ps]

2 minutes ago, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh said:

Well I'm upgrading to an rtx 3060 which is the whole point of the upgrade of the cpu, will the 12th gen i3 bottleneck the 3060?

Should be fine, get an i5-12400F if you wan't to be a bit future proof. As in future proof I mean for games that might need 6 cores.