AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Price and performance details for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.4 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 32 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 210.58

Overall Rank: 659

Last Price Change: $86.49 USD (2024-05-08)

Average CPU Mark

18213

Single Thread Rating: 2653
Samples: 6111*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 20,476
Thread: 2,914

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Integer Math	50,150 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	29,400 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	110 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	24,494 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	14,305 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	224,683 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,192 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,804 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,653 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of May 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of May 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of May 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$210.00 USD	Buy Now!
	$129.88 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	ASUS ROG Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X P - GeForce GTX 1660Ti - 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive 256GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive Windows 10	$695.00 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GL10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Hexa-Core Ryzen 5 3600X Processor, 64GB RAM 2TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, DisplayPort Bluetooth DTS Audio, Windows 10 Home (32GB RAM\|1TB SSD)	$929.00 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS 2022 Newest ROG Strix GL10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Graphics, 16GB RAM, 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, 2 x HDMI, 2 x DisplayPort, WiFi, Windows 11 Home	$919.00 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS Newest ROG Strix GL10 Premium Gaming Desktop \| AMD Ryzen 5 3600X \| 16GB RAM \| 512GB SSD+2TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660TI \| Gray \| Windows 10 \| with Mouse Pad Bundle	$939.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Thermaltake Glacier 360 Liquid-Cooled PC (AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3060, 16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 ToughRAM RGB Memory, 1TB NVMe M.2, WiFi, Win 10 Home) Gaming Desktop Computer S3WT-B550-G36-LCS,White	$999.99 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,325
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,372
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,188
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,633
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,025
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,909
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,317
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,213
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,766
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,461
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,185

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		219.38
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		210.58
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		184.11
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.58
Intel Core i9-13900K		126.05
Intel Core i9-12900K		125.37
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.68
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		50.88
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,633
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,172
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,035
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,929
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,838
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,703
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,471
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		2,653
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2094699 - May 06 2024		9940
BL2094389 - May 05 2024		18447
BL2092635 - May 03 2024		18047
BL2092566 - May 03 2024		19246
BL2092441 - May 03 2024		17588

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
As of 10th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		18,213
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		17,766 (-2.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		13,917 (-23.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		19,452 (+6.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,051 (-11.9%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		15,719 (-13.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		22,573 (+23.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		16,138 (-11.4%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		14,816 (-18.7%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		14,145 (-22.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		13,177 (-27.7%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		12,204 (-33.0%)
Intel Core i5-9400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		9,468 (-48.0%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of May 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,775
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,265
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,070
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,558
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,403
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,153
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,996
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,793
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,556
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,518
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X		3,838

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