AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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

5119 points

5183 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

9% slightly better gaming score

6325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

4852 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

4781 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

150.48 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

7672 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

1776 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.75 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

336th of 1,089

327th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 7 7735U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7735U beats the Ryzen 5 3600X in overall performance. 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 7735U 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 7735U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7735U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7735U 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 7735U 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 7735U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.