AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-3770K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

$ 99.99
$ 244.90 significantly less expensive
$ 344.89

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points
89% significantly better overall score
2702 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points
58% significantly better gaming score
4366 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points
106% significantly better multitasking score
2208 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points
108% significantly better heavy workload score
2118 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4734 points
120% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2148 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points
189% significantly higher Blender score
47.21 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points
181% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2474 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points
127% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
708 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
184% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2489 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points
134% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
709 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
77 W
23% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089
588th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i7-3770K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600X beats the Core i7-3770K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3600X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3770K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3770K outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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