AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Price

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$ 66.33

$ 42.92 significantly less expensive

$ 109.25

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2687 points

4431 points

64% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4916 points

6004 points

22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2058 points

3931 points

91% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1975 points

3809 points

92% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3206 points

3662 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.80 points

114.07 points

149% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2944 points

5171 points

75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1016 points

1217 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3070 points

5247 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1075 points

1242 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.25 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB

16 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

593rd of 1,089

397th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 3200G vs Ryzen 5 2600X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Ryzen 3 3200G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3200G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3200G. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3200G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3200G. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 3 3200G and Ryzen 5 2600X are identical in this regard. A Ryzen 3 3200G CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 2600X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 3200G. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 3 3200G has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.