AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 5 3600
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with 8-cores against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 3600 with 6-cores. 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
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Newer - released 1-year and 2-months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than the Ryzen 7 2700X – 65 vs 105 Watt
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
- Around 3.97 GB/s (9%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1198 vs 1053 points
Benchmarks
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | April 19, 2018 | July 7, 2019 |
| Launch price | 329 USD | 199 USD |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Codename | Zen+ | Zen 2 |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
Performance
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.3 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | 4.8 billions | 4.9 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP | 105 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 85°C | 95°C |
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 43.71 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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