AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Ryzen 5 3600

64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
VS
39 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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

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
43.6
(Average)
Value Index
104.9
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600 and 7800X3D
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Has 64 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 3 years and 7 months later
  • 60% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2657 vs 1662 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 7 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 19% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More than 6Β° C higher critical temperature

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)
1119
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 575 388
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4363 2039
Cinebench Scores (#124th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2657
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15319
File compression 1710 MB/sec 660.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 111.9 Klines/sec 59 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 331.1 pages/sec 146 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 399 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 266.2 pages/sec 143.3 pages/sec
Background blur 65.8 images/sec 37 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.9 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 774 & 1134 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3759
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
34276
17667
Integer math 103.2 GOps/sec 48.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.9 GOps/sec 28.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 319M Primes/sec 109M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 46M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.3 GBytes/sec 13.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 384.2 MBytes/sec 219.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3510 Frames/sec 1146 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 29.1B Matrices/sec 14.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 26928 & 37442 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
266.61
135.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.3 PPW 7.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 127.7 PPW 111.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 285.6 PPW 271.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.22 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 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (abdou)Cinebench 2026388 / 2039
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-31 (Ike)Cinebench 202470 / 517
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-16 -> JeromeneilCinebench 202471 / 511
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (BeastAsLow)Cinebench 202464 / 479
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-17 (RandomStorm)Cinebench 202472 / 419

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 5 3600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2023 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 13700K -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (47th and 163rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 96MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors 11.2 billions 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 120 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 162 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 89Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (68th and 152nd 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 - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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Total votes: 12

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