AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 7% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1283 vs 1196
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 9002 vs 6759
  • Around 34% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 6209 vs 4635
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs March 2019
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz
L3 cache 32 MB vs 16 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1283 vs 1196
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9002 vs 6759
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6209 vs 4635

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600

  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1283
1196
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
9002
6759
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
6209
4635
Name AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1283 1196
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9002 6759
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6209 4635
PassMark - Single thread mark 2568
PassMark - CPU mark 17772

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Family Ryzen 7
Launch date 7 July 2019 March 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $399
OPN PIB 100-100000025BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000025
Place in performance rating 1209 1105
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.9 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 96K (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 512K (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 16 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 4.0
PCIe configurations x16

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™)