AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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
$ 103.99 significantly less expensive
$ 170.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
5776 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
6952 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
5375 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
5256 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points
4802 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
149.45 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6148 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1232 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6111 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1254 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.35 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

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
768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
271st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 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
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 7 2700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Ryzen 5 3600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3600. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 2700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 2700X.

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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