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16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q4 2019.

Game EFps  
+4%
CSGO
Dust 2 1080p Max 		310 EFps Much Better CSGO EFps.
+33% 		233 EFps
GTAV
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max 		101 EFps 105 EFps +4%
Overwatch
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max 		134 EFps +3% 130 EFps
PUBG
M249 Training 1080p Max 		131 EFps Slightly Better PUBG EFps.
+6% 		124 EFps
Fortnite
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max 		120 EFps 141 EFps Better Fortnite EFps.
+18%
Effective Speed 
+7%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 433,590 user samples
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383,420 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 83% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 83% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 107th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
50,170 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 79% Great: 97%
SPEED RANK: 139th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 114%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		95.9 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+7% 		89.3 %
External Data: 1080p 
+13%
10 Mar21|HardwareLUXX
Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S... 		18 % BFV 18%, SotTR 12%, MetroEx 31%, Divis2 12%
06 Nov20|Gamers Nexus
Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C... 		16 % SotTR 27%, GTAV 17%, RDR2 4%, TWarTKC 21%, F120 25%, TWarTKB 22% ACO 3%
07 Dec20|KitGuru
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review 		12 % OC GTAV 17% OC, SotTR 25% OC, RDR2 1% OC, F120 10% OC, MetroEx 11% OC, Divis2 9% OC
07 Dec20|KitGuru
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review 		11 % GTAV 13%, SotTR 23%, RDR2 1%, F120 9%, MetroEx 11%, Divis2 9%
05 Nov20|Anandtech
AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: ... 		16 % FarC5 31%, Bord3 9%, GTAV 12%, Civ6 48%, FinFant15 8%, Chernob 9%, DExMD 17%, FinFant14 19%, F119 18%, RDR2 2%, WoT 26% StrangeB 2%
20 Oct22|Tweakers
Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re... 		6 % RDR2 4%, F122 2%, MetroEx 9%, TWarW3 16% FarC6 1%
05 Nov20|Linustechtips
Remember this day… - AMD Ryzen 500... 		22 % GTAV 7%, SotTR 20%, MSFS20 25%, CSGO 40%, F120 20%
16 Jan21|Hardware Unboxed
Is Zen 3 Really Worth it For Gamin... 		3 % Dirt5 2%, Godfall 8%, HorizZD 4%, F120 2%, R6S 2%, DoomE 3%, Hitm2 2%, SotTR 9%, CPunk 2%, ACV 4%, RDR2 1%, WarThund 1%, DeathStra 2%, ResE3 2%, WolfYB 3% WatchDL 0%
Average Score 
+5%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		84 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+9% 		77.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		162 Pts Faster single-core speed.
+17% 		139 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		315 Pts Faster dual-core speed.
+14% 		276 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		580 Pts Slightly faster quad-core speed.
+7% 		543 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		883 Pts 1074 Pts Faster octa-core speed.
+22%
Overclocked Score 
+7%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		93.8 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+6% 		88.2 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		172 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+15% 		150 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		342 Pts Faster OC dual-core speed.
+15% 		297 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		667 Pts Faster OC quad-core speed.
+15% 		580 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		989 Pts 1146 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+16%
Value & Sentiment 
+769%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.2 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,900% 		0.04 %
Value
Value For Money 		113 % Much better value.
+49% 		75.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		94 % Much more popular.
+57% 		60 %
Price
Price (score) 		$155 Much cheaper.
+70% 		$515
Nice To Haves 
+65%
Age
Newest 		41 Months More recent.
+23% 		53 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+38% 		105 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 16 cores Hugely higher core count.
+167%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads 32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+167%
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		7 nm 7 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+6% 		3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.6 GHz 4.7 GHz +2%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1160 Pts 2965 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+156%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1055 Pts 2737 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+159%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen3 Zen2
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM4 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 95.9%
Average Bench 89.3%
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The Ryzen 5 5600X is both the entry-level and best value for money 5000 series CPU. The 5600X is a hex-core 12 thread processor with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz boosting to 4.6 GHz. It has 35 MB of cache and a TDP rating of 65W. A cooler is included in the MSRP of $300 USD, but cheap after-market coolers (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400) are far more effective and therefore worth the upgrade. Notably, AMD’s new Zen 3 architecture has vastly improved single-core performance and lower memory latency, which leads to a significant effective speed advantage over its predecessor, the 3600X. Last year, AMD’s class-leading marketers secured significant sales of the 3000 series CPUs despite a 15% performance deficit against lower priced Intel parts. The games, specific scenes, software/hardware settings and choice of competing hardware were often cherry picked, undisclosed and inconsistent from one product to the next. Now that AMD have actually achieved both top tier performance and market share, their marketing machinery is focused on price hikes. Users that do not wish to pay a marketing premium should investigate Intel’s 11400F, which, when paired with a 2060 Super, delivers higher EFps in four out of five of today’s most popular games, at half the price. Allocating the savings to a higher tier GPU will result in a far superior gaming PC. [Nov '20 CPUPro]

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The 3950X is the 16 core, 32 thread Ryzen 3 flagship. Although this CPU offers server levels of multi-core encoding performance, there are relatively few, if any, consumer use cases for the 3950X. Streamers are better off using dedicated hardware such as NVENC which encodes far more efficiently than any CPU. Gamers are better served by low latency gaming CPUs such as the 9600K for a fraction of the price. For example, comparing these two PCs shows that the 3950X build offers less than half the gaming performance. The only rational reason to put a 3950X in a gaming build is in exchange for sponsorship money. [Feb '21 CPUPro]

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