AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    127%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    128%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    126%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 28% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 27% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

None

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
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 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsZen
Release DateMar 2019vsJun 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    4928 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    29514 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    206.31
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
    1575.75
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245

points - higher is better