AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Price and performance details for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.4 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache Size: L1: 384 KB, L2: 3.0 MB, L3: 32 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 140.36

Overall Rank: 569

Last Price Change: $129.88 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark

18230

Single Thread Rating: 2656
Samples: 5796*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 20,476
Thread: 2,914

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Integer Math	50,194 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	29,420 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	110 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	24,577 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	14,318 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	224,667 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,194 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,805 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,656 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of November 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of November 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$210.00 USD	Buy Now!
	$129.88 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	ASUS ROG Strix G10DK Gaming Desktop PC (AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6, AC WiFi, Bluetooth 5.1, HDMI, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Win 10 Home) (Renewed)	$569.99 (www.amazon.com)
	ROG Strix GA15DH Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD , Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home, GA15DH-BS562	$669.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Skytech Gaming Shadow Gaming PC Desktop – AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz, NVIDIA RTX 3060, 1TB NVME SSD, 16GB DDR4 RAM 3200, 600W Gold PSU, 11AC Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Home 64-bit,Black	$799.99 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS Newest ROG Strix GL10 Premium Gaming Desktop \| AMD Ryzen 5 3600X \| 32GB RAM \| 1TB SSD \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660TI \| Gray \| Windows 10 \| with HDMI Cable Bundle	$969.00 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GL10 Gaming Desktop Computer, AMD Hexa-Core Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8GHz Processor, 16GB RAM 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, DisplayPort Bluetooth DTS Audio, Windows 10 Home, Black	$969.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,543
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,409
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,716
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,610
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,929
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,383
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,230
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,417
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,199

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.84
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		140.36
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.20
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.31
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.47
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.54
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,649
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,186
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,944
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		2,656
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1960530 - Dec 02 2023		17656
BL1960424 - Dec 02 2023		18006
BL1960152 - Dec 02 2023		18931
BL1959985 - Dec 01 2023		16673
BL1959905 - Dec 01 2023		17695

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,230
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		22,610 (+24.0%)
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		14,359 (-21.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		21,929 (+20.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		19,906 (+9.2%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,116 (-6.1%)
Intel Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,106 (-6.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		21,596 (+18.5%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		19,589 (+7.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,779 (-2.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,251 (-10.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,016 (-12.1%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,564 (-3.7%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,211
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,078
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,573
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,426
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,389
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,206
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,886
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,810
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,755
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,516
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		3,842

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