CPU for new rig: 3700X or 5600X?

[Luis Hernandez 570]

I'm considering a desktop (finally, after 8 years of flying in laptops). While for GPUs I had to settle for a 1650 (not willing to pay today's prices), I'm trying to decide between an Ryzen 7 3700x and a Ryzen 5 5600x. While both appear to have the same performance, the former is 8-core and the latter is just 6-core, but apparently has better single-thread performance:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i5-8300H-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-3700X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600X/3254vs3485vs3859

There's no 5700x AFAIK, and going to a 5800x is out of my budget. Cost here is around $50 less for the 5600X. I intend to use it for P3D4, FSX-SE and maybe maybe MSFS (if I give them another chance). Which one would suit me better?

[Charlatan 68]

5600x all day long.  When I sold my 8700k setup, to go AMD, I was let down on the 5800x I had pre-ordered by the supplier.  I bought a 2nd hand 3700x to tide me over, and then managed to get a 5600x just after launch day.  The difference between them was night and day, so much so that I've had numerous opportunities to get a 5800x since, and am not bothering and sticking with the 5600x

Hope this helps

[Luis Hernandez 570]

Sorry for the delay, @Charlatan, but I wanna thank you very much! As you may see in signature, I finally bought the 5600X (and an air cooler), and definitely it's a godsend for 4.5! Two questions:

1) How high did you overclock it?

2) Are you using SMT? I'm not (and no AM at all but sending ActiveSky and PF3 to the last cores), but I feel I'm missing something (apart from the extra threads)...

Edited July 8, 2021 by Luis Hernandez

[Charlatan 68]

Good to hear.  I haven't even tried clocking it.  I'm using PBO where its boosting to about 4.7ghz.  Yes, SMT is on.  Don't forget, that 1650 is probably bottlenecking the system