AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Phenom II X6 1100T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Phenom II X6 1100T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1100T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1100T. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 3600 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.