AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD A10-7890K

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT and AMD A10-7890K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2758 vs 1581
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18624 vs 3546
Specifications (specs)
Launch date July 2020 vs January 2016
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2758 vs 1581
PassMark - CPU mark 18624 vs 3546

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7890K

  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 4 MB vs 3 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
CPU 2: AMD A10-7890K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2758
1581
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18624
3546
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT AMD A10-7890K
PassMark - Single thread mark 2758 1581
PassMark - CPU mark 18624 3546
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3188

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT AMD A10-7890K

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Kaveri
Launch date July 2020 January 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $250 $150
OPN PIB 100-100000281BOX AD789KXDJCHBX
Place in performance rating 923 915
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Price now $199.99
Series AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100) 8.46

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 4.1 GHz
L2 cache 3 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 4.3 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores 12
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 256 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 72.40°C
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Wraith cooler

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 866 MHz
iGPU core count 512
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0