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Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 66% to 107%, including 80% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,335 vs 9,073).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600 and the AMD Ryzen 5 9600. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 9600
cores 66
threads 1212
base clock ghz 3.63.8
boost clock ghz 4.25.2
tdp w 6565
memory bus Dual-channel—
l2 cache mb —6
l3 cache mb 3232
process nm 74
socket AMD Socket AM4AM5

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from CGDirector, PCGamesN, StorageReview, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic, PassMark and HWBOT; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 9600
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, PCGamesN, StorageReview, CPU-Monkey		 9,073 points16,335 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, PCGamesN, StorageReview, CPU-Monkey		 1,245 points2,171 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic, CPU-Monkey		 7,067 points14,295 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, StorageReview, SiliconCat, TopCPU, CpuTronic, CPU-Monkey		 1,532 points3,167 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 17,660 points29,287 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —4,379 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,559 points4,374 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,558 points—
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,558 points4,377 points
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: HWBOT, StorageReview		 49 seconds25 seconds
Y-Cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —25 seconds
Y-cruncher 1B digits (lower is better)
Source: StorageReview		 —25 seconds

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3600 or the AMD Ryzen 5 9600?

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 66% to 107%, including 80% in Cinebench R23 multi (16,335 vs 9,073).

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