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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. 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.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]


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 per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 32 MB

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
824th fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
797th fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
276th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
18171
Single Thread Rating
2651

Samples: 7139*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Integer Math50,000 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math29,360 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers110 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,382 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,271 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression224,437 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,187 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions14,781 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,651 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$175.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,755
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 18,171
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.27
Intel Core i9-12900K
 130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K
 115.21
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 2,651
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2525209 - Apr 01 2025 [Excluded]
13512
BL2524400 - Apr 01 2025
18243
BL2524247 - Apr 01 2025
16053
BL2524200 - Apr 01 2025
17932
BL2523105 - Apr 01 2025
18245
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 18,171
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 17,717 (-2.5%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 22,488 (+23.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 18,597 (+2.3%)
Intel Core i9-9900KF @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 18,159 (-0.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 16,035 (-11.8%)
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 14,283 (-21.4%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 14,121 (-22.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 21,868 (+20.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 19,813 (+9.0%)
Intel Core i5-11600K @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 19,544 (+7.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 17,202 (-5.3%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 16,966 (-6.6%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,366
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,358
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,857
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,822
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,704
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,531
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,440
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,439
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
 3,628