AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

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

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Price

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$ 129.99
$ 106.00 significantly less expensive
$ 235.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points
5786 points
28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points
7050 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points
5345 points
34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points
5212 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points
140.77 points
0.81% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5474 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1162 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5997 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1191 points

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
Identical
3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
89% significantly lower TDP
180 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly 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

389th of 1,089
269th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen Threadripper

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Ryzen Threadripper 1900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3600XT that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Both the Ryzen 5 3600XT and Ryzen Threadripper 1900X have the same clock speed. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 1900X CPU because of its 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 Threadripper 1900X has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X.

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.

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