AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Ryzen 5 2600

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 5 2600
8.60

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking795783
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Value for money20.2927.37
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Architecture codenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+)Matisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)
Release date19 April 2018 (5 years old)24 April 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199$120
Current price$156 (0.8x MSRP)$195 (1.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 3 3300X has 35% better value for money than Ryzen 5 2600.

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed3.4 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm7 nm
Die size192 mm274 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million3,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 2600 8.60
Ryzen 3 3300X 8.74
+1.6%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 2600 13205
Ryzen 3 3300X 13425
+1.7%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2600 1152
Ryzen 3 3300X 1671
+45.1%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 45% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 2600 4840
Ryzen 3 3300X 5798
+19.8%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 20% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 2600 4726
Ryzen 3 3300X 5856
+23.9%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 24% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 2600 28173
+10.8%
Ryzen 3 3300X 25416

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 11% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 2600 5.5
+9.8%
Ryzen 3 3300X 6.04

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 10% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 2600 14
+16%
Ryzen 3 3300X 12

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 16% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2600 1248
+16.5%
Ryzen 3 3300X 1071

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 17% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 2600 157
Ryzen 3 3300X 195
+24%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 24% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 2600 1.76
Ryzen 3 3300X 2.28
+29.5%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 30% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 7.5
+27.1%
Ryzen 3 3300X 5.9

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 27% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 4517
Ryzen 3 3300X 7177
+58.9%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 59% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 205
Ryzen 3 3300X 234
+13.7%

Ryzen 3 3300X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by 14% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 2600 75
+21.4%
Ryzen 3 3300X 62

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Ryzen 3 3300X by 21% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.60 8.74
Recency 19 April 2018 24 April 2020
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Cost $199 $120
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 3 3300X. The differences in performance seem too small.


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