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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Desktop CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

42C
Cores6
Threads12
Boost Clock4.4 GHz
TDP95 W
SocketAM4
Process7 nm
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Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core91
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core536
TDP95 W
Cache L332MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)91
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)536
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)1799
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)7670
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)2646
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)18,124
Blender CPU137.5

Full specifications

GeekBench v6

File compression
713.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation
64.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
156.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
232.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
149.6 pages/sec
Background blur
39 images/sec
Photo processing
54 images/sec
Ray tracing
13.1 Mpixels/sec

PassMark

Integer math
49.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math
29.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
111M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
24.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption
14.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression
224.3 MBytes/sec
Physics
1180 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
14.8B Matrices/sec

Performance Per Watt

Cinebench 2024 / Watt
5.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
80.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
190.8 PPW
Blender / Watt
1.45 PPW

General

Vendor
Amd
Released
July 7, 2019
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Integrated GPU
No
Intel Equivalent
- Intel Core i5 9600K
Successor
- AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

CPU

P-Cores
6
P-Threads
12
Base Frequency (P)
3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
4.4 GHz
Total Cores
6
Total Threads
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
38x
L1 Cache
64K (per core)
L2 Cache
512K (per core)
L3 Cache
32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes

Package

Transistors
3.8 billions
Fabrication Process
7 nm
TDP (PL1)
95 W
Socket
AM4
Peak Temperature
95°C

Memory Support

Memory Types
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
ECC Support
Yes

Misc

Official Site
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X official page
PCI Express Version
4.0
PCI Express Lanes
16
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA - Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2 - Virtualization: AMD-V - Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.

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