AMD Ryzen 5 3600X: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started AMD Ryzen 5 3600X sales 7 July 2019 at a recommended price of $249. This is Matisse architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 7 nm, 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4400 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR4 Dual-channel memory.

General info

Of Ryzen 5 3600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	356
Value for money	34.99
Market segment	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date	7 July 2019 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Price now	$359 (1.4x MSRP)	of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	of 5.5 (Core i9-12900KS)
L1 cache	96K (per core)	of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)
L3 cache	32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	of 5 (Apple M1)
Number of transistors	4,800 million	of 57000 (Apple M1 Max)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+
Unlocked multiplier	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600X compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	AM4
Thermal design power (TDP)	95 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+
AVX	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600X's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	of 4800 (Ryzen 9 6980HX)
Maximum memory size	128 GB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	of 281.6 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of GPU integrated into Ryzen 5 3600X.

Integrated graphics card

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Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 5 3600X. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Overall 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.

Relative perfomance

Overall Ryzen 5 3600X performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.

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