AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 67.00
$ 362.95 significantly less expensive
$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
22% slightly better overall score
4081 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
22% slightly better gaming score
5494 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
3634 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
3527 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3543 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
95.66 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5383 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1134 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5467 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1180 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
115% significantly lower TDP
140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i7-5820K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Core i7-5820K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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