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Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 5 5600X

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Ryzen 5 5600X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 3700X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5600X is 487 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 3700X.

Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 16 vs 12 threads

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5600X

  • Performs up to 4% better in Borderlands 3 than Ryzen 7 3700X - 238 vs 228 FPS
  • Up to 14% cheaper than Ryzen 7 3700X - €136.11 vs €157.96
  • Up to 17% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Ryzen 7 3700X - €0.57 vs €0.69 per FPS
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Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

228

96%

Value, €/FPS

€0.69/FPS

83%

Price, €

€157.96

86%

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8C/16T 3.60-4.40GHz Tray - 100-00000071

Buy for 157.96 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 25 minutes ago

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

238

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.57/FPS

100%

Price, €

€136.11

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1654

79%

Multi-Core

8102

94%

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2092

100%

Multi-Core

8659

100%

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo

Ryzen 7 3700X

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo

Ryzen 5 5600X

Jul 7th, 2019Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 7CollectionRyzen 5
MatisseCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM4SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
8
Cores6
16
Threads12
3.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz
65 WTDP65 W
7 nmProcess Size7 nm
36.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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