amd ryzen 5 3600 vs amd ryzen 3 3300x

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 3 3300X (Desktop) 4-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Newer released 2019 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1311
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9524
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2700
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
17827
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1350
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
7182

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 3600 and ryzen 3 3300x

General

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Vendor AMD AMD
Released July 7 2019 May 7 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Matisse Matisse
Socket AM4 AM4
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Base Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB (shared) 16 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory types DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page AMD Ryzen 3 3300X official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X or AMD Ryzen 5 3600?