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    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    None

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    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 3500XAMD Ryzen 5 3600
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    Precision Boost 2
    XFR 2
    SMT

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 5 3600
    ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen 2
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
    CodenameMatissevsZen 2
    Release DateSep 2019vsMar 2019

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Cores6vs6
    Threads6vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 5 3600
    L1 Cache96K (per core)vs96K (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
    L3 Cache32MB (shared)vs16MB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 5 3600
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
    PackageµOPGA-1331vs
    Die Size74mm²vsunknown
    Process7 nmvs7 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs4400 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    VoltageN/Avsvariable
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
      4592 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      4928 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
      24192 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      29514 points

    Points - higher is better

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