amd ryzen 5 3600 vs amd ryzen 5 3600x

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (Desktop) 6-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 5 3600X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X – 65 vs 95 Watt
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1330
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9573
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2672
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
17827
18364
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1329
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
7420

Specifications

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

General

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Vendor AMD AMD
Released July 7 2019 May 27 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Matisse Matisse
Socket AM4 AM4
Integrated GPU - -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB (shared) 32 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm 7 nm, 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 95 W

Memory support

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

iGPU

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

Misc

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

Comments

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