Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 62% to 311%, including 311% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 9,073).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600 and the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 5 3600

6 cores65W TDP

Full Ryzen 5 3600 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Full AMD Ryzen 9 7950X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

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

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 3600	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
cores	6	—
threads	12	—
base clock ghz	3.6	—
boost clock ghz	4.2	—
tdp w	65	—
memory bus	Dual-channel	—
l3 cache mb	32	—
process nm	7	—
socket	AMD Socket AM4	—

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, Digital Trends, OC Inside, MiniXPC, CPU-Monkey, WePC, Notebookcheck, technical.city, The FPS Review, Geekbench Browser, PassMark, Tom's Hardware 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.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 3600	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, PCGamesN, Digital Trends, OC Inside, MiniXPC, CPU-Monkey	9,073 points	37,257 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, WePC, Digital Trends, OC Inside, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey	1,245 points	2,015 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: WePC, technical.city, The FPS Review, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser	7,067 points	19,810 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: WePC, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, CPU-Monkey	1,532 points	2,972 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	17,660 points	62,187 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,559 points	4,254 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,558 points	4,252 points
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,558 points	—
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	3 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	49 seconds	—
Y-cruncher Pi-1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	—	18 seconds

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3600 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X?

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 62% to 311%, including 311% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 9,073).