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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Ryzen 5 3600X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 487 days newer than Ryzen 5 3600X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 7% better in Sea of Thieves than Ryzen 5 3600X - 260 vs 243 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - 24 vs 12 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
260
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1/FPS
100%
Price, £
£259.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 5 3600X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Ryzen 5 3600X
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
237 FPS
£6.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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190 FPS
£8.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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