amd ryzen 7 5800x3d vs amd ryzen 5 3600x

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (Desktop) 8-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 7 5800X3D and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Newer released 3 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
  • Newer released 2019 years later
  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D – 95 vs 105 Watt

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
14338
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
27489
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
10892

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 7 5800x3d and ryzen 5 3600x

General

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Vendor AMD AMD
Released April 20 2022 May 27 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Matisse
Socket AM4 AM4
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 96 MB (shared) 32 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Fabrication process 7 nm 7 nm, 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 95 W

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 Dual-channel
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Official site AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600X official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D?