AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2760 vs 2275
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18638 vs 16971
Specifications (specs)
Launch date July 2020 vs September 2018
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L3 cache 32 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2760 vs 2275
PassMark - CPU mark 18638 vs 16971

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
L2 cache 4 MB vs 3 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2760
2275
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18638
16971
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2760 2275
PassMark - CPU mark 18638 16971
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4915

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date July 2020 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $250
OPN PIB 100-100000281BOX
Place in performance rating 920 940
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD27BXBAM88AF
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
L2 cache 3 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 768 KB
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)