AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD FX-8150

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8150

Price

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$ 129.99

$ 68.02

$ 61.97 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points

96% significantly better overall score

2289 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

85% significantly better gaming score

3360 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

103% significantly better multitasking score

1951 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

104% significantly better heavy workload score

1878 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points

298% significantly higher Blender score

35.07 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

196% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2396 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

226% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

512 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

312% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1758 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

288% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

445 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly 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

4.5 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

31% slightly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

8 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089

664th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3600XT vs FX-8150 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600XT performs better than the FX-8150. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8150 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the FX-8150 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8150. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the FX-8150. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8150 CPU because of its slightly 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 FX-8150 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8150.

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 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.