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 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: 191.71

Overall Rank: 660

Last Price Change: $95.00 USD (2024-05-16)

Average CPU Mark

18213

Single Thread Rating: 2653
Samples: 6117*
*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	50,148 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	29,399 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	110 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	24,491 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	14,305 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	224,670 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,192 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,803 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,653 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of May 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of May 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of May 2024.
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!
	$86.49 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	Thermaltake Glacier 360 Liquid-Cooled PC (AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3060, 16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 ToughRAM RGB Memory, 1TB NVMe M.2, WiFi, Win 10 Home) Gaming Desktop Computer S3WT-B550-G36-LCS,White	$1099.99 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X P - GeForce GTX 1660Ti - 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive Windows 10	$695.00 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS 2022 Newest ROG Strix GL10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Graphics, 32GB RAM, 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, 2 x HDMI, 2 x DisplayPort, WiFi, Windows 11 Home	$939.00 (www.amazon.com)
	NSX GAMING Ultimate 4060 Series PC Desktop AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz, NVIDIA RTX 4060, 1TB NVME SSD, 16GB DDR4 RAM 3600, 650W 80+ PSU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows 11 64-bit	$999.00 (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	$1249.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,321
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,377
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,186
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,631
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,025
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,908
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,314
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,213
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,765
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,469
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,185

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		211.49
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		191.71
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		151.82
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		140.97
Intel Core i9-12900K		123.88
Intel Core i9-13900K		118.64
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.67
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		50.87
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 16th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,633
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,172
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,035
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,928
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,838
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,702
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,471
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		2,653
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2098911 - May 11 2024		18471
BL2098815 - May 11 2024		16344
BL2096803 - May 09 2024		18584
BL2096677 - May 08 2024		17357
BL2095858 - May 07 2024		18665

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
As of 16th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,213
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,765 (-2.5%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,083 (-6.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		21,574 (+18.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		19,451 (+6.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,207 (-11.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,053 (-11.9%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		15,717 (-13.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		22,572 (+23.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,135 (-11.4%)
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		14,330 (-21.3%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		14,144 (-22.3%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		12,204 (-33.0%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,617
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,268
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,070
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,556
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,405
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,150
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,878
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,555
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,520
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		3,838

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