AMD Ryzen 3 3300 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

AMD Ryzen 3 3300
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 3 3300
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    122%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    106%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    100%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    150%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 3300

6% higher single threaded performance.
45 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 50% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen+
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsZen
Release DateMar 2019vsMar 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Cores4vs6
Threads8vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 3300AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs4250 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP50 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    4480 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    4675 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300
    17489 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    28987 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300 (simulated)
    187.56
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    176

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 3300 (simulated)
    933.78
  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    1403

points - higher is better