AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 8 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

4980 points
11415 points
129% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
13499 points
100% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
10715 points
142% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
10514 points
145% significantly better heavy workload score

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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
4.7 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
8 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

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

352nd of 1,089
60th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 7 9850X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600. 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 9850X3D 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3600. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3600. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D 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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