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The Ryzen 5 3600X is a much slower gaming CPU than the Ryzen 9 5900XT, however, it's a slightly better value for money, as it's $82.99 cheaper!

Advantages of the Ryzen 5 3600X

  • Up to 33% cheaper$167.00 vs $249.99
  • A slightly better value for money for gaming
  • Consumes up to 10% less energy95 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of the Ryzen 9 5900XT

  • A much faster CPU for gaming
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously – 32 vs 12 threads

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 9 5900XT

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Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 9 5900XT in My Games

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 9 5900XT in synthetic CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Logo

Ryzen 5 3600X

Jul 7th, 2019


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

1671

73%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

7169

58%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT Logo

Ryzen 9 5900XT

Jul 31st, 2024


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2290

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

12321

100%

Performance Specifications

The Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 9 5900XT in core CPU performance specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Logo

Ryzen 5 3600X

Jul 7th, 2019


Cores

6-core

38%

L3 Cache

32 MB

50%


Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

100%

Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

92%

Max. DDR4 RAM Speed

3200 MHz

100%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT Logo

Ryzen 9 5900XT

Jul 31st, 2024


Cores

16-core

100%

L3 Cache

64 MB

100%


Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

87%

Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

100%

Max. DDR4 RAM Speed

3200 MHz

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Logo

Ryzen 5 3600X

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT Logo

Ryzen 9 5900XT

General
Jul 7th, 2019Release Date
Jul 31st, 2024
$249.00
MSRP$349.00
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
AMD Socket AM4SocketAMD Socket AM4
MatisseCodenameVermeer
95 W
Power Consumption105 W
Performance
6Cores
16
12Threads
32
3.8 GHz
Base Frequency3.3 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
32 MBL3 Cache
64 MB
Other Features
DDR4 @ 3200 MHzRAMDDR4 @ 3200 MHz
NoIntegrated GraphicsNo
YesOverclockableYes

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