Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i9-7900X specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-7900X performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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