AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 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

4503 points
4629 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points
11% slightly better gaming score
5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points
4389 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points
4371 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4889 points
9299 points
90% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points
186.26 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points
7738 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points
1930 points
11% 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
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

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

389th of 1,089
378th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Ryzen 9 5980HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5980HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600XT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600XT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX. The Ryzen 9 5980HX 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5980HX.

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.

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