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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 5 3600

34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
VS
39 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD 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.

  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
16.4
(Bad)
Value Index
104.9
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600 and 2700X
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, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1662 vs 1269 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • Around 3.97 GB/s (9%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 2700X
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
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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 7 2700X
1269
Ryzen 5 3600 +31%
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 2700X
6487
Ryzen 5 3600 +12%
7249
File compression 537.6 MB/sec 660.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 58.6 Klines/sec 59 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 135.8 pages/sec 146 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 215.7 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 114.3 pages/sec 143.3 pages/sec
Background blur 29.3 images/sec 37 images/sec
Photo processing 50.2 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 865 & 1134 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 2700X
2415
Ryzen 5 3600 +6%
2559
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 2700X
17434
Ryzen 5 3600 +1%
17667
Integer math 63.4 GOps/sec 48.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 32.5 GOps/sec 28.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 41M Primes/sec 109M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 30.5M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.8 GBytes/sec 13.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 266.1 MBytes/sec 219.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 787 Frames/sec 1146 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.2B Matrices/sec 14.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 13809 & 37442 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 2700X +11%
150.63
Ryzen 5 3600
135.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5 PPW 7.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 61.8 PPW 111.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 166 PPW 271.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.43 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 7 2700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-29 (Moss)Cinebench 202455 / 522
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-16 (abdou)Cinebench 2026388 / 2039
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-31 (Ike)Cinebench 202470 / 517
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-16 -> JeromeneilCinebench 202471 / 511
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-02 (BeastAsLow)Cinebench 202464 / 479
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-17 (RandomStorm)Cinebench 202472 / 419
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 3600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 19, 2018 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename - Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 8700K -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (173rd and 163rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 36x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 4.8 billions 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 12 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 105 W 65 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 85ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (164th and 151st place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 43.71 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

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 16

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Comments

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