amd ryzen 7 3700x vs amd ryzen 5 3600
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (Desktop) 8-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (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
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Newer released 0 years later
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | May 27 2019 | July 7 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Matisse | Matisse |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | - | - |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 32 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm, 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 65 W |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| 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 7 3700X | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | - |
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
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