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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Ryzen 5 3600

63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
VS
39 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 3600. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
118.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
104.9
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600 and 7600X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later
  • 77% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 1662 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • 26% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7600X
vs
Ryzen 5 3600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 388
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2039
Cinebench Scores (#68th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600X +77%
2941
Ryzen 5 3600
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600X +88%
13615
Ryzen 5 3600
7249
File compression 1490 MB/sec 660.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.7 Klines/sec 59 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 269.6 pages/sec 146 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 342 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 308.4 pages/sec 143.3 pages/sec
Background blur 66.1 images/sec 37 images/sec
Photo processing 108.1 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.4 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1068 & 1134 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600X +61%
4129
Ryzen 5 3600
2559
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600X +60%
28271
Ryzen 5 3600
17667
Integer math 84.4 GOps/sec 48.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.8 GOps/sec 28.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 207M Primes/sec 109M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 38.1M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.5 GBytes/sec 13.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 317.9 MBytes/sec 219.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1820 Frames/sec 1146 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.2B Matrices/sec 14.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11881 & 37442 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7600X +57%
213.14
Ryzen 5 3600
135.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 8.1 PPW 7.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 129.7 PPW 111.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 269.2 PPW 271.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.03 PPW 2.09 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Geekbench 6 CPU3054 / 14225
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (abdou)Cinebench 2026388 / 2039
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-31 (Ike)Cinebench 202470 / 517
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-16 -> JeromeneilCinebench 202471 / 511
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (BeastAsLow)Cinebench 202464 / 479
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-17 (RandomStorm)Cinebench 202472 / 419
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and Ryzen 5 3600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 29, 2022 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 13600K -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (50th and 165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 47x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 6.57 billions 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 116 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (71st and 154th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600X
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 3600
n/a
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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