AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-2600K

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Intel Core i7-2600K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    229%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    174%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    285%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 74% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 185% 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 129% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i7-2600K
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
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i7-2600K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsSandy Bridge
Release DateMar 2019vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i7-2600K
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 3000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i7-2600K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i7-2600K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackagevsFC-LGA10
Die Sizeunknownvs216mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i7-2600K
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4800 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    5376 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    32793 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    16320 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
    225.07
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    129

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
    1750.83
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    614

points - higher is better