Ryzen 5 5600X vs Iris Graphics 48

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Primary details

Comparing Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated530
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data25.48
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Iris GraphicsAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data20.06
Architecture codenameGen9Vermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)8 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical coresno data6 (Hexa-Core)
Threadsno data12
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed0.3 GHz4.6 GHz
Multiplierno data37
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cacheno data3 MB
L3 cacheno data32 MB
Chip lithography14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno data2x 80.7 + 125 (I/O) mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)no data65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size65,536 MB 67,108,864 KB 68,719,476,736 B 0.0625 TiB 64 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 5 5600X has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Graphics 48 and Ryzen 5 5600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 48 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 5600X is a desktop one.


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