AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4983 points
5702 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6743 points
7868 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4422 points
4995 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4283 points
4828 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
144.95 points
8% slightly higher Blender score

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
19% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
96 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

366th of 1,120
289th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is faster than the Ryzen 5 3600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600 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 Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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.

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