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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 ...]
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: 227.01
Overall Rank:
908th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
943rd fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
304th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $77.99 USD (2025-06-12)
Integer Math | 48,627 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 28,612 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 108 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 23,718 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 13,957 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 219,796 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,153 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 14,442 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,563 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,662 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,302 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,018 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,470 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,483 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,166 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,649 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.44 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 172.86 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 152.50 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.19 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 128.37 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
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 | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,139 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,657 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2690178 - Jun 12 2025 | 15296 | |
BL2690068 - Jun 12 2025 | 18151 | |
BL2690065 - Jun 12 2025 | 18151 | |
BL2690045 - Jun 11 2025 | 17833 | |
BL2689793 - Jun 11 2025 | 14999 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 19,343 (+9.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 16,101 (-9.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 18,163 (+2.6%) | |
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 14,034 (-20.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 16,913 (-4.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 19,483 (+10.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 18,567 (+4.9%) | |
Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 18,104 (+2.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 16,118 (-9.0%) | |
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 15,377 (-13.1%) | |
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 14,689 (-17.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 14,283 (-19.3%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,499 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,153 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,305 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,486 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,806 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,768 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,656 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,518 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,493 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 3,521 |