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Best Bench: 77% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 46% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 46% Great: 77%

SPEED RANK: 490^th / 1442

Gaming 65%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 51%

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Best Bench: 92% Base clock 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 73% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 73% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 201^st / 1442

Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		65.4 %			83.1 %	Faster effective speed. +27%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	67.6 Pts	76.3 Pts	Lower memory latency. +13%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	106 Pts	133 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +25%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	209 Pts	259 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +24%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	363 Pts	483 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +33%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	377 Pts	792 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +110%


Memory OC Memory Latency	77.1 Pts	87.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +13%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	119 Pts	141 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +18%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	233 Pts	281 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +21%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	451 Pts	546 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +21%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	451 Pts	869 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +93%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %	1.22 %	Insanely higher market share. +12,100%
Value Value For Money	86.1 %	116 %	Much better value. +35%
User Rating UBM User Rating	60 %	95 %	Much more popular. +58%
Price Price (score)	$102	$83	Cheaper. +19%


Age Newest	80 Months	57 Months	More recent. +29%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	65 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	4.2 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +14%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	450 Pts	1091 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +142%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	380 Pts	999 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +163%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

At a list price of just $129, the quad core, Ryzen 3 1300X is a great budget CPU. The Ryzen 3 series is based on AMD's powerful and energy efficient Zen core architecture as already featured in the mainstream Ryzen 5 series and performance Ryzen 7 series, both launched earlier this year. The 1300X is fully unlocked with a stock base clock speed of 3.5 GHz running up to 3.7 GHz for boost and has a TDP of 65W. The 1300X comes with AMD's Wraith Stealth cooler, but significantly, it is devoid of integrated graphics. Although this can be inexpensively rectified, it may be a stumbling block to those at the entry-level of the market. By comparison, Intel's dual core, four thread i3-7350K comes with 630 HD integrated graphics. In terms of effective speed, early benchmarks for the 1300X just pip the 7350K to the post but results in specific games will depend on the extent to which the game is able to use more than two processing cores simultaneously. The 1300X scores around 20% higher on quad-core tests whereas the 7350K scores 16% higher on single-core tests. The Ryzen 1300X has been released alongside the similar Ryzen 3 1200 which is also an unlocked quad-core with slightly lower base / boost clock speeds of 3.1 / 3.4 GHz and a slightly lower price of just $109. ^{[Jul '17 CPUPro]}

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AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600 is a 6-core, 12-threaded processor which succeeds the Ryzen 5 2600 improving upon it by 13% in terms of overclocked performance. The 3600 is in competition with Intel’s 6-core i5-9600K. AMD continues to push the multi-core performance envelope: benchmarks show that the 3600 has a 27% overclocked 64-core lead over the 9600K but that the i5-9600K leads by 14% on single to hex core workloads which translates to 10% higher EFps in most of the today’s top games (e.g. PUBG, GTAV and CSGO). Additionally, the 3600's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which adversely impacts gaming. Weaknesses in memory architecture are not readily picked up by CPU benchmarks but they are apparent whilst gaming. Cheaper CPUs such as the 9400F deliver better gaming performance in nearly all of today’s popular games. At $190 USD, the 3600 offers good value for purely workstation tasks such as film production but streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. The masterfully hyped Ryzen 3600 may well be the best CPU for multimedia producers on a tight budget but in today's market there are faster and less expensive alternatives for gamers, streamers and general desktop users. ^{[Jun '19 CPUPro]}

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