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£102.72
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Prices and StockMSRP $199
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MSRP $199
Prices and StockMSRP $399
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MSRP $399
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 3800X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 and the more expensive Ryzen 7 3800X have been released at the same time.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Up to 59% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3800X - £102.72 vs £249.97
- Up to 59% better value when playing Dead Space than Ryzen 7 3800X - £0.68 vs £1.64 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 7 3800X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 16 vs 12 threads
Dead Space
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
152
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.68/FPS
100%
Price, £
£102.72
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Processor (8C/16T, 36 MB Cache, 4.5 GHz Max Boost)
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3600 | vs | Ryzen 7 3800X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Matisse | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 39.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Ryzen 5 3600 or Ryzen 7 3800X
With selected game settings
47 FPS
£34.04/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£1,599.98
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74 FPS
£20.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,535
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53 FPS
£36.60/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,972.77
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