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Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: AM4
Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 32 MB
Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 211.50
Overall Rank: 673
Last Price Change: $84.00 USD (2024-05-07)
| Integer Math | 48,858 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 28,688 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 108 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 23,879 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 14,012 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 220,215 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,160 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 14,460 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,568 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| $84.00 USD | Buy Now! | |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,324 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,368 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,188 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,635 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,573 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,024 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,909 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,318 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,766 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,457 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,184 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 211.50 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 184.11 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 173.65 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 149.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 142.17 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 126.03 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.68 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 50.19 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,633 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,172 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,035 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,929 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,838 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,703 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,471 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,932 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,661 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2095853 - May 07 2024 | 17958 | |
| BL2095820 - May 07 2024 | 17829 | |
| BL2095809 - May 07 2024 | 18021 | |
| BL2095748 - May 07 2024 | 17678 | |
| BL2095707 - May 07 2024 | 17437 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,766 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 18,214 (+2.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 13,917 (-21.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 19,451 (+9.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 16,053 (-9.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 15,719 (-11.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 16,140 (-9.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 14,817 (-16.6%) | |
| Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 14,145 (-20.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 13,177 (-25.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 12,203 (-31.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 9,470 (-46.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 9,281 (-47.8%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,811 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,266 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,070 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,565 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,403 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,159 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,995 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,883 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,793 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,547 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,532 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,512 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 3,730 |