AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Launch date	30 Sep 2019 vs 7 July 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
12 more threads: 24 vs 12
Around 109424% higher clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4.2 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2707 vs 2573
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32659 vs 17647

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 6
Number of threads	24 vs 12
Maximum frequency	4600 MHz vs 4.2 GHz
L2 cache	6 MB vs 3 MB
L3 cache	64 MB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2707 vs 2573
PassMark - CPU mark	32659 vs 17647

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2573

2707

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17647

32659

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
PassMark - Single thread mark	2573	2707
PassMark - CPU mark	17647	32659
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		12037
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		8594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		72.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.887
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		22.686

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen 2
Family	Ryzen 5	Ryzen
Launch date	30 Sep 2019	7 July 2019
OPN Tray	100-000000029	100-000000023
Place in performance rating	688	1006
Processor Number	PRO 3600
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN PIB		100-100000023BOX
Performance
Base frequency	3.6 GHz	3800 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	6 MB
L3 cache	32 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	4600 MHz
Number of cores	6	12
Number of threads	12	24
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	4.0	4.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4	x16
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
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™)