Question AMD Ryzen 5600x or 5800x

[nikospc]

Hi, im stumped between the 2 CPU's, will the 105 TDP Ryzen 7 5800x cause the Cpu to heat up more than the 65W TDP Ryzen 5 5600x???

 

[Unolocogringo]

Really depends on the cooler used and case airflow.
The 5600x comes with a stock cooler. Expect 85- 90c temps when stress testing. Most games are much lower.
The 5800x does not . So the cooler you buy makes a huge difference in observed temps.

 

[nikospc]

well its definately going to be air cooled, i will in fact have a good cooler, will the 5800x go over 90?
i mean if im playing a game and temp is around 65-70 with the 5600x, will it be the same with the 5800x?

 

[ohio_buckeye]

5700x for the win. Gets you the 8 cores and close in performance to the 5800x but has the 65 watt tdp.

 

[drea.drechsler]

well its definately going to be air cooled, i will in fact have a good cooler, will the 5800x go over 90?
i mean if im playing a game and temp is around 65-70 with the 5600x, will it be the same with the 5800x?

Yes, a 5800X will tend to push 90-95C if you don't have a better cooler. That's going to be something like a large 120mm or 140mm air cooler or 240mm AIO...and so will a 5600X. But this is really only with heavy processing on all-core work loads like video rendering or something else that uses a lot of AVX instructions.

Games aren't like that and only hit one or two cores so a 5800X can be fairly cool mid-game where a 5600X might actually be a bit warmer. It's not putting out more heat, it just has fewer cores to spread the work over so they have less time to cool off. While it is designed to hit 90C, so not really a problem, the better you can cool it means it can continue boosting higher and for longer. That means better performance even if it should still get up to 90C.