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.

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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: 210.34

Overall Rank:
1169th fastest in multithreading out of 6046 CPUs
1186th fastest in single threading out of 6046 CPUs
368th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $86.11 USD (2026-10-09)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

18112

Single Thread Rating

2645

Samples: 9030*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Integer Math	49,786 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	29,293 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	111 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	24,253 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	14,222 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	224,166 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,178 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,761 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,645 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	$86.11 USD	Buy Now!

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Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	SKYESEV Prebuilt Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 5 5600, GeForce RTX 3050 6GB,32GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, ARGB Air Cooling, Wi-Fi,Tower Computer for Gaming, Streaming, Editing	$959.99 (www.amazon.com)
	NSX GAMING Desktop Pc Computer AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB 2 * 8 GB DDR4 3600, 512Gb M2 NVME SSD, RGB Fans, W11 64-bit Ready, Wify Ready, Mouse and Keyboard	$617.00 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GA15DH Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, GeForce GTX 1660 Super, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home, GA15DH-BS562	$1249.00 (www.amazon.com)
	NSX GAMING Desktop Pc Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3050 6GB, (2 * 8GB) 16 Gb RAM 3600 RGB, SSD 480GB M.2 NVME, W11, WiFi Ready, Mouse and Keyboard, 1 Year Manufacturer	$799.00 (www.amazon.com)
	iBUYPOWER Pro Gaming PC Computer Desktop Trace 4 MR 176A (Ryzen 5 3600 3.6GHz, AMD RX 550 2GB, 8GB DDR4, 240GB SSD, WiFi Ready, Windows 10 Home)	$799.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,188
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,051
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,568
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,820
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,536
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,112
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,023
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		210.34
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		174.80
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.18
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		95.77
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.92
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		2,645
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3759832 - Oct 05 2026		17829
BL3758886 - Oct 04 2026		18590
BL3758860 - Oct 04 2026		18597
BL3758521 - Oct 04 2026		18315
BL3758004 - Oct 04 2026		16903

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,112
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,648 (-2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		19,251 (+6.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		15,925 (-12.1%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		22,379 (+23.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,000 (-11.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		14,735 (-18.6%)
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		14,239 (-21.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		13,162 (-27.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		12,747 (-29.6%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		10,640 (-41.3%)
Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		10,238 (-43.5%)
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		9,463 (-47.8%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,467
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,384
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,102
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,686
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,486
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,058
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		3,409

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