AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen 5 3600X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with 8-cores against the 3.8 GHz Ryzen 5 3600X 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
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- Newer - released 2-years and 9-months later
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Around 3.52 GB/s (7%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1875 vs 1706 points
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 972.3 MB/sec | 755.3 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 83.2 Klines/sec | 58.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 186.9 pages/sec | 157.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 293.3 Mpixels/sec | 217.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 193.1 pages/sec | 138.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 49.9 images/sec | 37 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 71.3 images/sec | 57 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20.8 Mpixels/sec | 12.7 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 94.2 GOps/sec | 50.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 51.8 GOps/sec | 29.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 126M Primes/sec | 110M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 34.1M Strings/sec | 24.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 20.2 GBytes/sec | 14.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 322.7 MBytes/sec | 224.7 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1366 Frames/sec | 1195 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 21.4B Matrices/sec | 14.8B Matrices/sec |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Ryzen 5 3600XGeneral
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | March 15, 2022 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Vermeer) | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 34x | 38x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 95 W |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Peak temperature | 90°C | 95°C |
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR4-3200 | - DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 16 |
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