Ryzen 7 5600 or 5800x for fast lightroom and photoshop editing?

[haring]

Do you recommend Ryzen 7 5600 or 5800x for fast lightroom and photoshop editing? Is there a difference between these 2 processors? I see all the data on them but I am not sure it makes a huge difference when you are editing....

 

[thoongeng]

If you look at the links in the article I previously shared, there's detailed data on how long different tasks took on different processors. You can see what processes in your workflow are bogging you down and check the data to see if there's any appreciable difference.

Adobe Lightroom Classic: 12th Gen Intel Core vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series

Intel has launched their new 12th Gen Intel Core desktop processors (code-named "Alder Lake") featuring support for DDR5, PCIe 5.0, as well as a completely new hybrid architecture using a mix of Performance and Efficient-cores. AMD has held the performance crown in Lightroom Classic for a number...

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Adobe Photoshop: 12th Gen Intel Core vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series

Intel has launched their new 12th Gen Intel Core desktop processors (code-named "Alder Lake") featuring support for DDR5, PCIe 5.0, as well as a completely new hybrid architecture using a mix of Performance and Efficient-cores. Photoshop is largely single-threaded which may diminish the value of...

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Overall you can see that for individual tasks the difference may be negligible, but the differences accumulate over time so for example if you regularly export large amounts of photos then the difference is appreciable. Only you can decide if these are worth the increased cost of the 5800X

 

[Mythmaker]

I was a system builder (meaning I build computers for others) for 8 years, building hundreds of computers. I can confidently tell you that in a blind test, you wouldn't be able to tell which system is using a 5600X and which system is using a 5800X.