AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2760 vs 2660
Specifications (specs)
Launch date July 2020 vs December 2019
L3 cache 32 MB vs 32MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2760 vs 2660

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • 12 more threads: 24 vs 12
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22541 vs 18641
  • Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 6043 vs 4915
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Number of threads 24 vs 12
Maximum frequency 5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 3 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 22541 vs 18641
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6043 vs 4915

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2760
2660
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18641
22541
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
4915
6043
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2760 2660
PassMark - CPU mark 18641 22541
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4915 6043
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1253
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 90.664

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Launch date July 2020 December 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $250
OPN PIB 100-100000281BOX
Place in performance rating 920 938
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 4.2 GHz
L2 cache 3 MB 512K (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 32MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 5 GHz
Number of cores 6 12
Number of threads 12 24
Unlocked
64 bit support
L1 cache 96K (per core)
Transistor count 19,200 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 105 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)