AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
2006
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1298
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
19872
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
9501
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
116
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
72
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
1106
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
476
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
4192
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2564
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
35862
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17713
Integer Math113.3 GOps/s48.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math69.3 GOps/s28.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search183 M primes/s108 M primes/s
Random String Sort49.3 M strings/s23.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption24.9 GB/s14 GB/s
Data Compression422.3 MB/s219.8 MB/s
Physics2067 frames/s1155 frames/s
Extended Instructions322 M matrices/s144 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
2931
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
7249
File Compression1560 MB/s660.6 MB/s
Clang Compilation120.3 KLines/s59 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser298 pages/s146 pages/s
PDF Rendering437.3 MP/sec207.8 MP/sec
Text Processing300.6 pages/s143.3 pages/s
Background Blur72.1 frames/s37 frames/s
Photo Processing114.7 frames/s54.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing26.7 MP/sec12.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
135.61

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 147.4 PPW 111.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 341.5 PPW 272.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 10.5 PPW 7.3 PPW
Blender / W 2.71 PPW 2.09 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced September, 29, 2022 July, 7, 2019
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 4.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier45x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 6.57 billion 3.8 billion
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 105 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W n/a
Socket AM5 AM4
Critical temp. 95 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 7700X the clear winner in this comparison.

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