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Ryzen 5 3600

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 88.6% (29th of 1197)

Based on 78,315 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00870F10 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor

AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600 is one of five new processors based on the latest Zen 2 7nm microarchitecture. This 6-core, 12-threaded processor is priced at $199 USD and succeeds the Zen+ Ryzen 5 2600 improving upon it by 18% in terms of average effective speed and 12% in terms of overclocked performance. The 3600's base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.2 GHz match the previous gen hex-core Ryzen 5 2600X and therefore indicate an 11% clock for clock (IPC) improvement over the previous generation. The Ryzen 5 3600 is in competition with Intel’s hex-core i5-9600K. AMD continues to push the multi-core performance envelope: benchmarks show that the 3600 has a 27% overclocked 64-core advantage over the 9600K but that the i5-9600K leads by 14% on single, quad and hex core workloads which translates to 14% higher fps for gamers. Additionally, the 3600's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can impact gaming. Although the Ryzen 3000 will be launched alongside the new X570 chipset, they are backwards compatible with 400 and even the 300 series motherboards. At $198 USD, the 3600 offers reasonable value for workstation users. [Jun '19 CPUPro]

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Poor: 80%Average: 88.6% Great: 95%
Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 averaged just 11.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 130Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 257Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is just 14.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 1,042Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 808Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 78,315 samples)
Rank 2988.6%
Min Avg Max
117 1-Core 130 136
230 2-Core 257 272
91.2% 194 Pts
Min Avg Max
422 4-Core 495 540
724 8-Core 808 883
82.6% 651 Pts
Min Avg Max
930 64-Core 1,042 1,136
69.9% 1,042 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
95.3% Outstanding
1-Core 136
2-Core 272
96% 204 Pts
4-Core 544
8-Core 908
92% 726 Pts
64-Core 1,144
77% 1,144 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
90.7% Outstanding
1-Core 135
2-Core 266
95% 201 Pts
4-Core 501
8-Core 829
84% 665 Pts
64-Core 1,070
72% 1,070 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
89.5% Excellent
1-Core 130
2-Core 258
91% 194 Pts
4-Core 505
8-Core 844
85% 674 Pts
64-Core 1038
70% 1038 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
89.2% Excellent
1-Core 135
2-Core 267
95% 201 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 838
83% 662 Pts
64-Core 1,097
74% 1,097 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,816,548 CPUs tested.

 Prices

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Desktop 84%
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Workstation 69%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $111

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $185Bench 89%, 78,315 samples3,203x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $170Bench 55%, 279,273 samples3,247x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $325Bench 86%, 87,919 samples1,995x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $285Bench 56%, 747,470 samples1,906x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 109%, 200,709 samples2,099x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $60Bench 108%, 67,534 samples941x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $51Bench 103%, 93,001 samples809x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 267,526 samples3,570x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 88%, 141,587 samples1,865x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $65Bench 88%, 93,836 samples1,277x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $606

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,282

Official site www.amd.com/...

3rd generation AMD Ryzen processor, built to perform, designed to win...

Added 5 months ago.
USA-User
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5,872

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

15 hrs ago.

It works great!

DEU-User
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3,735

Good

4 hrs ago.

Best Price to Performance CPU for Gaming and Streaming

HKG-User
Avatar level
3,690

Excellent

5 days ago.

great value, great performance

RUS-User
Avatar level
3,504

Good

21 hrs ago.

5/5

TUR-User
Avatar level
3,484

Excellent

3 days ago.

best

CAN-User
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3,114

Excellent

1 day ago.

Cheap with great specs

BRA-User
Avatar level
3,027

Excellent

1 day ago.

Powerful processor

POL-User
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2,936

Excellent

1 day ago.

My first amd and best CPU i've ever had

IDN-User
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2,885

Excellent

2 days ago.

Best

ROU-User
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2,709

Excellent

3 days ago.

BEST CPU EVER

AUS-User
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2,504

Excellent

1 day ago.

Faster for approximately the same money

VNM-User
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2,329

Excellent

20 days ago.

nice

HUN-User
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2,259

Poor

11 days ago.

uu

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,226

Excellent

1 day ago.

ok

ARG-User
Avatar level
2,184

Excellent

9 days ago.

Best bang for your buck. Head to head with the I7-8700k for almost half the price.

KOR-User
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2,028

Good

8 days ago.

want it

COL-User
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1,898

Good

1 month ago.

FANTASTIC

SRB-User
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1,838

Excellent

9 days ago.

i have it

AUT-User
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1,771

Good

23 hrs ago.

nice and cheap

ZAF-User
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1,724

Good

11 days ago.

Already Benched, thank you! I'm getting the 3600 as soon as it lands in S.A

SVK-User
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1,658

Good

7 days ago.

top

HRV-User
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1,628

Excellent

8 hrs ago.

goood boyy

EGY-User
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1,624

Excellent

8 hrs ago.

Cheap wonderful cpu

ISR-User
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1,534

Excellent

1 month ago.

Why not its great value

LTU-User
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1,532

Excellent

7 days ago.

Ultimately best performance for the price ratio right now.

NZL-User
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1,366

Good

10 days ago.

Amazing

CPUPro
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1,282

Good

5 months ago.

TUN-User
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730

Excellent

1 month ago.

gj

randomlogin
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378

Very poor

1 month ago.

optimal performance/$

Juhg
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356

Good

4 months ago.

A value champion at 220EUR. Roughly as powerful as the 9600K (single and quad core) but it beats it on multi-core thanks to the multi-threading and is 20% less expensive. And for less than 200EUR, the 9400 is no match at all against the 3600.

quantumniko
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348

Excellent

1 month ago.

best budget cpu

JAM-User
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308

Excellent

1 month ago.

AWESOME PRICE TO PERFORMANCE CPU WITH VERY WELL BALANCED SINGLE AND MULTICORE PERFORMANCE RIVALING AND BEATING MOST OF ITS COMPETITORS!!

RavenBailiff
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260

Excellent

3 months ago.

y e s

Vycyous
Avatar level
206

Excellent

5 months ago.

So far, we're looking at roughly the average performance of an Intel Core i7-8700K at barely over half the price ($199 USD). If this holds up, AMD has a real winner on their hands and you'd have to be a fool to buy anything from Intel's overpriced product portfolio.

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs. Intel Core i7-8700K

LostMarble56
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192

Excellent

1 month ago.

love it

noconsoleX86
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188

Excellent

1 month ago.

bestbuy2019

Smartphone321
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184

Excellent

28 days ago.

AMD FTW

outrun1bullet
Avatar level
182

Excellent

1 month ago.

ok cpu for me

nonamenobody0
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182

Excellent

28 days ago.

best

ColdSpy
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156

Good

1 month ago.

Might the best sub-200 USD CPU the average users can buy. Offering 16 very fast PCI-E 4.0 lanes (provided if you use the new AMD X570 motherboard) and 6 multithreaded cores at 200 USD, this CPU might be the best value for performance CPU ever today. This CPU offered similar or slightly lower, or more gaming performance than the comparable Intel i5-9600K or i5-9400F which makes this CPU worth even for gamer.

Vega20_Navi16
Avatar level
66

Excellent

5 months ago.

best

boingk
Avatar level
44

Excellent

4 months ago.

If you're after a good value, top-performing processor in 2019 then look no further. This is all of it, then some. You've got 6 cores with 12 threads, unlocked multipliers for overclocking and a tiny TDP rating. No integrated graphics, but you're gonna pair it with a beastly graphics card so who cares? I'm running mine on an X370 board, but B350 and even A320 boards will probably be just fine. The TDP sure itsn't an issue - just 65W apparently, with a boost clock of 4.2GHz bumping it just a tad further. While the included Wraith Stealth cooler is fine for the job, you'll find better cooling and clock speeds with an aftermarket one. I used my Cooler Master ML120L 120mm AIO and got rock solid 4.2GHz while gaming. No complaints here, especially seeing as they equal a 1700X in most multicore loads and match an 8700K in gaming. Seriously, if you're even halfway thinking about one of these just get it.

Federico
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40

Excellent

2 months ago.

This chip is a monster and for less than 200 euro

ExecutableFiles
Avatar level
36

Excellent

2 months ago.

More energy efficient, smaller lithography, nearly equal performance, while still costing less than intel. Amazing

Zar1
Avatar level
28

Excellent

3 months ago.

Really nice CPU. Overclocks modestly well too!

ninjagamer22
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24

Excellent

5 months ago.

Amazing CPU.

NedFlanders
Avatar level
18

Excellent

3 months ago.

The best bang for the buck you can get in 2019

Allik
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18

Excellent

11 days ago.

I like the Specs and the price. Lets see how it manages Video editing...

Maximal99
Avatar level
16

Excellent

3 months ago.

If there is any better cpu till this day for better price to performance ratio it still would use more wattage per core.

doit4m
Avatar level
16

Good

1 month ago.

I picked one of these up for $195 and paired it and the included cooler with an X570 mobo. It's about equal to a stock i7 8700k but for considerably less money. There is not much to be gained by overclocking. However, enabling the Precision Boost Overdrive feature is easy and manages to squeeze out a little extra performance.

FoeWest
Avatar level
12

Excellent

4 months ago.

Amazing for the price!

Sopnil
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12

Excellent

4 months ago.

Should have some extra overclocking potentiality

por2geezplayboy
Avatar level
12

Excellent

4 months ago.

amazing

kalef21
Avatar level
12

Good

4 months ago.

fantastic value. cheaper than 1st gen 1600 when it came out. Much better Single threaded performance and decent OC potential. Comes with decent cooler as well.

makalami
Avatar level
10

Excellent

5 months ago.

Beats my i7 - 4790k out of the box! Awesome single core performance for a Ryzen 5 Cant wait for the 3000 series Ryzen 7 and 9

Enerfire
Avatar level
8

Excellent

3 months ago.

It will be legend.

Urocyeox
Avatar level
8

Excellent

7 hrs ago.

excellent price to performance and a true tour de force in gaming compared to any i5 or i7 pre-skylake

TheThunderGuy_S
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6

Excellent

4 months ago.

gud cpu

Nikon
Avatar level
6

Good

5 months ago.

I LOVE IT

MonoFinn
Avatar level
6

Excellent

4 months ago.

Ice Lake CPUs haven't released yet, but they already became obsolete:)

jyklone
Avatar level
6

Excellent

3 months ago.

This is the milestone. Finally AMD has passed 4th, 6th 7th gen Intels on Single Core Performance. Great performance and moreover GREAT PRICE

steamedpotato37
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6

Excellent

21 days ago.

GREAT

Toges
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4

Excellent

5 months ago.

epic

xivzy
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4

Excellent

4 months ago.

incredible price to performance ratio

omegand
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4

Excellent

4 months ago.

epic

Ad4m
Avatar level
4

Excellent

3 months ago.

awesome performance for money best 6 cores CPU awesome gaming experience

EeveeRain
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4

Excellent

2 months ago.

Amazing CPU at this price point.

chg3004
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 months ago.

300~400 fps on csgo

Den0911
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 months ago.

Low money = More FPS & Fast system

Boomerang1224
Avatar level
4

Excellent

1 month ago.

Excellent arounder

seven
Avatar level
4

Good

1 month ago.

I buy it and i do vote for this. It is chipper price for pcie 4.0

nessixtyfive
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2

Excellent

3 months ago.

Yes.

TendiePepe
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2

Excellent

3 months ago.

Great CPU, great price, and great for gaming

db29753
Avatar level
2

Good

3 months ago.

not bad good size

PrinceRom
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 months ago.

It haves a Very good perfomance and it's cheap too. i will buy it later.

Almond
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2

Excellent

1 month ago.

An amazing upgrade from an i5-7400

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