AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 5 7600

42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
VS
60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 5 7600 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
35.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
88.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600 and 3700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
  • 71% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2797 vs 1640 points
  • Around 25.72 GB/s (54%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 597
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3144

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2797
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12486
File compression 673.4 MB/sec 1280 MB/sec
Clang compilation 77.6 Klines/sec 89.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 162.9 pages/sec 271.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 313.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 151.6 pages/sec 281.5 pages/sec
Background blur 38.1 images/sec 55.7 images/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 89.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.8 Mpixels/sec 16.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 550 & 788 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3907
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26969
Integer math 66.3 GOps/sec 80.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39 GOps/sec 48 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 97M Primes/sec 198M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.1M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.9 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 296.3 MBytes/sec 303.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1175 Frames/sec 1750 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19.2B Matrices/sec 23B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 26391 & 6830 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
181.78
200.8

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.6 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 129.1 PPW 192.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.6 PPW 414.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.8 PPW 3.09 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 3700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-21 (Louis)Cinebench 202473 / 663
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-06 (Azuki_12)Cinebench 202469 / 715
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-31 (@ProfitHound Youtube)Cinebench 202474 / 688
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-04 (Av8orGamer)Cinebench 202476 / 696
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-27 (Nathan/Naskun)Cinebench 202473 / 693
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (appiar)Cinebench 2026582 / 3131
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-22 -> Lello75Cinebench 2026611 / 3435
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2856 / 13297
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 (Parrott)Cinebench 2026597 / 3144
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2859 / 13080

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 7600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released July 7, 2019 January 10, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename - Zen 4 (Raphael)
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 9700K - Intel Core i5 13600
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X -
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (154th and 67th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 5.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 38x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 3.8 billions 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket AM4 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (142nd and 79th 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
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 73.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 3700X official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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3 (20%)
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Total votes: 15

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