Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 5 7600X — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Ryzen 5 7600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 47% to 68%, including 47% in Cinebench R23 single (1,951 vs 1,323).
Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600X and the Ryzen 5 7600X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
Ryzen 5 7600X
Full Ryzen 5 7600X 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 3600X | Ryzen 5 7600X |
|---|---|---|
| cores | 6 | — |
| threads | 12 | — |
| base clock ghz | 3.8 | — |
| tdp w | 95 | — |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, ocinside.de, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, PC Guide, NanoReview, Club386, PassMark, HWBOT Community 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 3600X | Ryzen 5 7600X |
|---|---|---|
| Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, ocinside.de, Notebookcheck |
9,526 points | 15,145 pts |
| Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, KitGuru, TechPowerUp, TopCPU.net, Notebookcheck |
1,323 points | 1,951 pts |
| Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, PC Guide, NanoReview, Club386 |
7,372 points | 13,426 pts |
| Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, PC Guide, NanoReview, Club386 |
1,732 points | 2,915 pts |
| PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
18,123 points | 24,146 marks |
| PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
2,645 points | 4,128 points |
| PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
2,646 points | — |
| Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
— | 3 rank |
| Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT Community, HWBOT |
— | 30 seconds |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Ryzen 5 3600X
No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 5 3600X benchmark page →
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3600X or the Ryzen 5 7600X?
The Ryzen 5 7600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 47% to 68%, including 47% in Cinebench R23 single (1,951 vs 1,323).
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