Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Ryzen 5 5600
Short answer: which is best?
Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 52.3 % stronger than Ryzen 5 5600. Ryzen 7 9800X3D ranks #11 of 79 measured processors at WhatFPS (12,707 CPU score over 7 verified runs). Ryzen 5 5600 ranks #40 of 79 measured processors at WhatFPS (8,341 CPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 8 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Ryzen 5 5600 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU score (the processor's own performance) | 12,707 | 8,341 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 15,290 | 7,893 |
| Integer (MT) | 9.5 Gop/s | 5.5 Gop/s |
| Single-thread (1T) | 0.87 Gop/s | 0.56 Gop/s |
| Draw calls/s (DX11) | 10,400,088 | 10,352,703 |
| Cores / threads | 8 / 16 | 6 / 12 |
| L3 cache | 96 MB | 32 MB |
What the numbers mean
The CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for Ryzen 7 9800X3D · All measurements for Ryzen 5 5600