AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Price

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$ 129.99

$ 5.33 slightly less expensive

$ 135.32

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points

6267 points

39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

8333 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

5604 points

41% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

5431 points

41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4889 points

5664 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points

150.92 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

8330 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

1980 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

8600 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

2052 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

Identical

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

Identical

32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600 beats the Ryzen 5 3600XT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600XT in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600XT thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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