Ryzen 5 3600 vs FX-8300 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the FX-8300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8300 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores than the FX-8300. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8300. It also has more threads than the FX-8300. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8300. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8300 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-8300 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8300.
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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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