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8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q3 2019.

Effective Speed 
+1%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 665,737 user samples
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Best Bench: 95% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 74% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 184th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 85%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 79%
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635,419 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 76% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 170th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 87%
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Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		84.8 % 85.9 % +1%
External Data: 1080p 
+1%
10 Mar21|HardwareLUXX
Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S... 		0 % BFV 2%, SotTR 1%, Divis2 1% MetroEx 1%
05 Nov20|Techpowerup
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review 		SotTR 1%, Witcher3 1%, MetroEx 0% 1 % FarC5 2%, BFV 3%, Rage2 1%, Civ6 7%, ACO 0%, Sekiro 1%, Wolf2 0%
05 Nov20|Techpowerup
AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review 		SotTR 1%, MetroEx 0% 2 % FarC5 2%, BFV 3%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 2%, Civ6 7%, ACO 0%, Sekiro 1%, Wolf2 0%
07 Dec20|KitGuru
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review 		SotTR 1% 2 % GTAV 3%, RDR2 3%, F120 6%, MetroEx 1%, Divis2 1%
Average Score 
+2%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		77.4 Pts +2% 76.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		140 Pts +1% 138 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		272 Pts +1% 270 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		495 Pts 513 Pts +4%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		821 Pts 900 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+10%
Overclocked Score 
+1%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		88.1 Pts +2% 86.6 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		150 Pts +3% 145 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		296 Pts +3% 288 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		563 Pts +0% 562 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		905 Pts 1009 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+11%
Value & Sentiment 
+1,005%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 0.8 % Insanely higher market share.
+3,900%
Value
Value For Money 		79.1 % 93.4 % Better value.
+18%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		56 % 89 % Much more popular.
+59%
Price
Price (score) 		$359 $205 Much cheaper.
+43%
Nice To Haves 
+14%
Age
Newest 		45+ Months More recent.
+21% 		57 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1127 Pts 1479 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+31%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1029 Pts 1358 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+32%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 84.8%
Average Bench 85.9%
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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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The 3700X is a $320 USD 8-core, 16-thread mid-range Ryzen 3000 series CPU. Out of the box, the 3700X, 3600X and 3600 achieve similar quad core speeds but the 16 threaded 3700X is 30% faster at multi-core computations than the 12 threaded 3600X. Comparing the 3700X to Intel’s i7-9700K shows that, when overclocked, the 3700X is 26% faster at 64-core computations but 13% slower for gaming and desktop (sub eight core performance). Unlike lower end Ryzen 3000 SKUs, the 3700X comes with a half decent cooler but AMD should not have bothered since a $20 aftermarket cooler is still quieter, easier to change, and better at cooling. With a Gammaxx 400 cooler we were able to maintain a 43.25x OC during our EFps tests. We had to use a fixed clock OC (rather than Offset/PBO) to avoid significant frame drops in Fortnite. With strong single-core scores, the 3700X should offer very strong gaming performance but in reality it is let down by its memory controller, which, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency. The heavily hyped 3700X, paired with a 2060S, offers real world gaming performance comparable to the $80 USD entry level 4-core, 4-thread Intel Core i3-9100F. At $320 USD, the 3700X offers reasonable value to full time media encoders but general desktop users, gamers and even 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 3700X severely bottlenecks a 2070S: gamers should investigate the 9600K, which is both cheaper and faster. [Jul '19 CPUPro]

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