AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

51 %
57 %
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

70 %
2% slightly better gaming score
68 %

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

45 %
53 %
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

44 %
52 %
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.40
149.30
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6263
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612
1671
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6858
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6226
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1604
1622
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
Identical
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
15 W
533% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly 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

215th of 1,255
150th of 1,255

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

July 2019
December 2021

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 7 5800U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800U beats the Ryzen 5 3600X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800U has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 7 5800U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U.

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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