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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Ryzen 5 3600X

51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
AMD 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.

  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
54.5
(Average)
Value Index
80.7
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600X and 5700X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • Newer - released 2 years and 8 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2166 vs 1799 points
  • Around 3.52 GB/s (7%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 5700X
vs
Ryzen 5 3600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 477 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3191 -
Cinebench Scores (#200th place)
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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 5700X +20%
2166
Ryzen 5 3600X
1799
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +34%
10313
Ryzen 5 3600X
7670
File compression 1060 MB/sec 713.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.8 Klines/sec 64.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 209.4 pages/sec 156.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 307.8 Mpixels/sec 232.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 217.9 pages/sec 149.6 pages/sec
Background blur 41.4 images/sec 39 images/sec
Photo processing 76.8 images/sec 54 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 13.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 637 & 441 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +28%
3386
Ryzen 5 3600X
2646
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 5700X +47%
26561
Ryzen 5 3600X
18124
Integer math 92.3 GOps/sec 49.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.9 GOps/sec 29.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 117M Primes/sec 111M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.6M Strings/sec 24.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20.2 GBytes/sec 14.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 323.8 MBytes/sec 224.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1325 Frames/sec 1180 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 21.8B Matrices/sec 14.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 21736 & 8629 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 5700X +49%
205.55
Ryzen 5 3600X
137.5

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.8 PPW 5.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 158.7 PPW 80.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 408.6 PPW 190.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.16 PPW 1.45 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 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Batti)Cinebench 20261525 / 14346
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 CPU2275 / 10804
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)Geekbench 6 CPU2308 / 11861
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-12-08 (Skiddy)Cinebench 202491 / 536
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Ryzen 5 3600X

General

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
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 12700K - Intel Core i5 9600K
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (108th and 153rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
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
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
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 90ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (104th and 141st place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
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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Total votes: 93

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Comments

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