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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    4000 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      110%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      109%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      100%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      111%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    None

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    9% higher single threaded performance.
    11% higher multi threaded performance.
    Around 10% higher average synthetic performance.
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    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
    XFR 2

    Architecture

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

    Cores

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

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96K (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
    L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs16MB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    Packagevs
    Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
    Process7 nmvs7 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs4000 MHz
    Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs4800 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsvariable
    TDP65 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      4928 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      5376 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      29514 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
      32793 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
      206.31
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
      225.07

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
      1575.75
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
      1750.83

    points - higher is better

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