5600X vs 5800X3D on Linux
Recently bought a 5800X3D to replace my 5600X, and ran some benchmarks to see if it was worth it.
Update: It wasn’t worth the 8% performance loss with most regular tasks. Returned it for a full refund.
Benchmarks
Did three quick ones, two work related and one gaming:
- starting PostgreSQL and applying a lot of migrations
- building a Next.js application
- running Cyberpunk 2077 on all the presets
Running Pop!_OS 22.04, on 2022-12-02.
PostgreSQL
5600X
./loop.sh 19.87s user 3.77s system 95% cpu 24.709 total
./loop.sh 19.75s user 3.53s system 95% cpu 24.336 total
./loop.sh 20.02s user 3.63s system 95% cpu 24.808 total
5800X3D
./loop.sh 22.02s user 3.83s system 95% cpu 27.086 total
./loop.sh 21.90s user 3.70s system 95% cpu 26.883 total
./loop.sh 21.87s user 3.77s system 95% cpu 26.879 total
Comparison
Total time, smaller is better.
. 5600X #1 ▏ 24.709 ██████████████████████▊
5600X #2 ▏ 24.336 ██████████████████████▍
5600X #3 ▏ 24.808 ██████████████████████▉
5800X3D #1 ▏ 27.086 █████████████████████████
5800X3D #2 ▏ 26.883 ████████████████████████▊
5800X3D #3 ▏ 26.879 ████████████████████████▊
On average, the 5800X3D was 91.35% the performance of the 5600X, or 8.65% slower.
Next.js
5600X
npm run build 210.73s user 7.92s system 307% cpu 1:11.06 total
npm run build 216.67s user 7.51s system 305% cpu 1:13.29 total
npm run build 214.16s user 7.20s system 311% cpu 1:10.98 total
5800X3D
npm run build 247.76s user 8.57s system 323% cpu 1:19.18 total
npm run build 242.66s user 8.39s system 333% cpu 1:15.27 total
npm run build 248.84s user 8.10s system 323% cpu 1:19.38 total
Comparison
Total time, smaller is better.
. 5600X #1 ▏ 1:11.06 ██████████████████████▍
5600X #2 ▏ 1:13.29 ███████████████████████
5600X #3 ▏ 1:10.98 ██████████████████████▎
5800X3D #1 ▏ 1:19.18 ████████████████████████▉
5800X3D #2 ▏ 1:15.27 ███████████████████████▋
5800X3D #3 ▏ 1:19.38 █████████████████████████
On average, the 5800X3D was 92.09% the performance of the 5600X, or 7.91% slower.
Cyberpunk 2077
These were all done at the various graphics presets, with a resolution of 2560x1440 and a 1070 Ti.
I should’ve just turned off FSR to help control things better. =/
5600X
| Preset Name | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS | Time | Number of Frames | FSR 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 41.19 | 32.92 | 50.94 | 64.22 | 2645 | Auto |
| Medium | 40.88 | 31.56 | 51.93 | 64.24 | 2626 | Auto |
| High | 40.78 | 31.08 | 50.99 | 64.22 | 2619 | Auto |
5800X3D
| Preset Name | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS | Time | Number of Frames | FSR 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 41.93 | 32.56 | 52.19 | 64.22 | 2693 | Auto |
| Medium | 41.75 | 32.41 | 53.80 | 64.23 | 2682 | Auto |
| High | 41.58 | 31.43 | 52.38 | 64.21 | 2670 | Auto |
Comparison
Frames per second, higher is better.
. 5600X Low ▏ 41.19 ████████████████████████▌
5800X3D Low ▏ 41.93 █████████████████████████
5600X Medium ▏ 40.88 ████████████████████████▎
5800X3D Medium ▏ 41.75 ████████████████████████▉
5600X High ▏ 40.78 ████████████████████████▎
5800X3D High ▏ 41.58 ████████████████████████▊
5600X Ultra ▏ 21.29 ████████████▋
5800X3D Ultra ▏ 31.48 ██████████████████▊
5600X Steam Deck ▏ 31.32 ██████████████████▋
5800X3D Steam Deck ▏ 41.66 ████████████████████████▊
For a preset, the 5800X3D was:
- Low: 1.80% faster
- Medium: 2.13% faster
- High: 1.96% faster
Ultra: 47.9% fasterSteam Deck: 33.0% faster
I’ve crossed out the Ultra and Steam Deck preset benchmarks, since I’m pretty sure I messed up the benchmarks there. Noticed that it wasn’t consistently logging the same FSR option I had selected in the output, too. If I ever do this again, I’ll try and do some more benchmarks and control things better.
Was it worth it?
No.