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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