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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU 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 ...]

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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: 191.74

Overall Rank:
815th fastest in multithreading out of 4987 CPUs
845th fastest in single threading out of 4987 CPUs
269th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $92.44 USD (2025-02-14)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
17724
Single Thread Rating
2565

Samples: 27851*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 19,842
Thread: 2,806

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Integer Math48,711 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math28,638 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers108 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting23,760 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption13,975 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression219,906 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,156 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions14,446 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,565 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2407711 - Feb 12 2025
17627
BL2407541 - Feb 11 2025
18030
BL2407158 - Feb 11 2025
15893
BL2407132 - Feb 11 2025
17227
BL2407086 - Feb 11 2025
17830
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3600
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,724
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
18,178 (+2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
21,876 (+23.4%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
16,969 (-4.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
21,561 (+21.6%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
19,497 (+10.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
19,354 (+9.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
16,142 (-8.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
16,123 (-9.0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
15,693 (-11.5%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
22,504 (+27.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
20,267 (+14.3%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
14,073 (-20.6%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,866
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,609
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,603
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,844
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,535
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,525
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,348
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,085
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,017
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
3,527