AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-3820

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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
$ 249.89 significantly less expensive
$ 349.88

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points
88% significantly better overall score
2718 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points
66% significantly better gaming score
4152 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points
99% significantly better multitasking score
2278 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points
101% significantly better heavy workload score
2189 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points
257% significantly higher Blender score
38.29 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points
195% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2358 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points
162% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
613 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
206% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2306 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points
166% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
624 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
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
36% slightly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089
583rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2012 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

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 i7-3820 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600X beats the Core i7-3820 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820 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 i7-3820. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3820. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3820. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3820. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3820 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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