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AMD100-100000277WOF
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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

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Game EFps  
+3%
CSGO
Dust 2 1080p Max 		233 EFps 233 EFps
GTAV
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max 		101 EFps 105 EFps +4%
Overwatch
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max 		131 EFps +1% 130 EFps
PUBG
M249 Training 1080p Max 		119 EFps 124 EFps +4%
Fortnite
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max 		131 EFps 141 EFps Slightly Better Fortnite EFps.
+8%
Effective Speed 
+7%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,089,561 user samples
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1,072,639 User Benchmarks
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: 201st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
16,922 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 79% Great: 97%
SPEED RANK: 147th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		83.1 % 88.7 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7%
External Data: 1080p 
+4%
10 Mar21|HardwareLUXX
Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S... 		5 % BFV 9%, SotTR 3%, MetroEx 4%, Divis2 3%
05 Nov20|Techpowerup
AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review 		SotTR 0%, MetroEx 2% 4 % FarC5 9%, BFV 5%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 0%, Civ6 16%, ACO 1%, Sekiro 9%, Wolf2 0%
Average Score 
+11%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		76.3 Pts 76.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		133 Pts 141 Pts Slightly faster single-core speed.
+6%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		259 Pts 277 Pts Slightly faster dual-core speed.
+7%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		483 Pts 541 Pts Faster quad-core speed.
+12%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		792 Pts 1032 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+30%
Overclocked Score 
+10%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		87.5 Pts 87.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		141 Pts 151 Pts Slightly faster OC single-core speed.
+7%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		281 Pts 297 Pts Slightly faster OC dual-core speed.
+6%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		546 Pts 582 Pts Slightly faster OC quad-core speed.
+7%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		869 Pts 1131 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+30%
Value & Sentiment 
+1,488%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.17 % Insanely higher market share.
+5,750% 		0.02 %
Value
Value For Money 		116 % Much better value.
+46% 		79.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		95 % Much more popular.
+76% 		54 %
Price
Price (score) 		$83 Hugely cheaper.
+80% 		$419
Nice To Haves 
+76%
Age
Newest 		57 Months 46+ Months More recent.
+19%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1091 Pts 2220 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+103%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		999 Pts 2056 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+106%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 83.1%
Average Bench 88.7%
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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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The XT series of Ryzen CPUs barely outperform their cheaper X and non-X counterparts: 3600, 3600X, 3800X, 3900X. Outside of encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU the Ryzen architecture remains limited by relatively high latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync remains far more efficient than CPU cores for encoding. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn. The best value CPU amongst the Ryzen range is the 3300X which is the first design to focus on delivering lower latency, and therefore better performance where users need it, rather than “Moar Coars”. Aside from the army of anonymous influencers on social media (reddit, forums, youtube etc.), users will be hard pressed to find rational arguments that favor the XT variants over their cheaper predecessors. [Jul '20 CPUPro]

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