AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2673 vs 2652
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2673 vs 2652

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 4.8 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18191 vs 12631
  • Around 48% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 4736 vs 3199
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 18191 vs 12631
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4736 vs 3199

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2673
2652
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12631
18191
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
3199
4736
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3300X AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2673 2652
PassMark - CPU mark 12631 18191
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3199 4736
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1240
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6918

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Launch date March 2019 March 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $120
Place in performance rating 1113 1100
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 4 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 96K (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 512K (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 16 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 4.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12 16
Transistor count 4,800 million 4800 million
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Memory

Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)