AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 99.99
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$ 235.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points
5542 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points
4% slightly better gaming score
6612 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points
5172 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points
5056 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4734 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4496 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points
141.60 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5675 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1118 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5693 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1144 points

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

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
Identical
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089
289th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 7 1800X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1800X performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3600X that has 6 cores. 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 Ryzen 7 1800X. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X.

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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