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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600X is 857 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
- Performs up to 3% better in Dead Space than Ryzen 7 1700X - 153 vs 149 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700X - $210.0 vs $225.0
- Up to 9% better value when playing Dead Space than Ryzen 7 1700X - $1.37 vs $1.51 per FPS
Dead Space
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD YD170XBCAEWOF Ryzen 7 1700X Processor
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Ryzen 5 3600X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
153
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.37/FPS
100%
Price, $
$210
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 1700X
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Ryzen 5 3600X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 34.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 1700X or Ryzen 5 3600X
Dead Space, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
53 FPS
$21.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 3600X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,124.99
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48 FPS
$26.02/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Ryzen 5 3600X
8 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,249
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39 FPS
$51.26/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Ryzen 5 3600X
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,999
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