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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 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 3600X 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 3600X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.4 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 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 3600X 6-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 233.34

Overall Rank:
757th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
730th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
258th fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $77.95 USD (2024-12-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18189
Single Thread Rating
2652

Samples: 6499*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 20,476
Thread: 2,914

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Integer Math50,078 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math29,375 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers110 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,428 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,285 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression224,494 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,190 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions14,784 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,652 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of December 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$175.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.com$77.95 USDBuy Now!
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,998
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,109
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,085
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,257
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 18,189
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,569
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,152
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 233.34
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 208.45
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 197.20
Intel Core i9-12900K
 148.20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 145.39
Intel Core i9-13900K
 132.58
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 49.48
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 2,652
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,567
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2269347 - Dec 08 2024
17981
BL2269241 - Dec 08 2024
17862
BL2268703 - Dec 07 2024
17673
BL2267993 - Dec 07 2024
18501
BL2267446 - Dec 06 2024
16247
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 18,189
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 17,746 (-2.4%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 22,535 (+23.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 13,908 (-23.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 21,576 (+18.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 19,395 (+6.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 15,699 (-13.7%)
Intel Core i7-7820X @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 17,165 (-5.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 16,357 (-10.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 16,126 (-11.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 15,657 (-13.9%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 14,811 (-18.6%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 14,110 (-22.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,266
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 11,058
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,890
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,681
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,872
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,751
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,510
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,237
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 8,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 3,633