AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 5 3600X
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We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9600X against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 5 3600X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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)
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
- Newer - released 4 years and 11 months later
- Around 41.92 GB/s (88%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 85% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3334 vs 1799 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 7 nanometers
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 23% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 720 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 3701 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#147th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1550 MB/sec | 713.7 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 102.2 Klines/sec | 64.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 299.1 pages/sec | 156.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 375.3 Mpixels/sec | 232.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 353.7 pages/sec | 149.6 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 77.1 images/sec | 39 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 123.4 images/sec | 54 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 21.6 Mpixels/sec | 13.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 89.9 GOps/sec | 49.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 60.2 GOps/sec | 29.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 233M Primes/sec | 111M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 36.1M Strings/sec | 24.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 16.7 GBytes/sec | 14.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 343.1 MBytes/sec | 224.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1978 Frames/sec | 1180 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 28.2B Matrices/sec | 14.8B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 15.9 PPW | 5.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 231.2 PPW | 80.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 462.8 PPW | 190.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.36 PPW | 1.45 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Byrno5263) | Cinebench 2026 | 720 / 3701 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (JUANCHO) | Cinebench 2026 | 524 / 3801 |
| 📘 2026-04-16 (StarSophia) | Cinebench 2024 | 131 / 909 |
| 📘 2026-02-03 (awolution) | Cinebench 2024 | 137 / 1000 |
| 📘 2026-02-01 (Gandži) | Cinebench 2024 | 134 / 954 |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-12-08 (Skiddy) | Cinebench 2024 | 91 / 536 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 5 3600XGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Released | June 3, 2024 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) | - |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 610M | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Core i5 14600K | - Intel Core i5 9600K |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (33rd and 153rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.9 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.4 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 39x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (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 | 8.3 billions | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 95 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 142 W | - |
| Socket | AM5 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 95°C | 95°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (49th and 141st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon 610M | - |
| 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
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5600 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 192 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 16 |
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