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Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 7 5800X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 5800X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 65%, including 28% in Cinebench R23 single (1,698 vs 1,323).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600X and the Ryzen 7 5800X. 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 3600XRyzen 7 5800X
cores 68
threads 1216
base clock ghz 3.8—
boost clock ghz —4.7
tdp w 95105
l3 cache mb —32
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 Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, PassMark, Geekbench Browser, CpuTronic, HardwareDB 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 3600XRyzen 7 5800X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector		 9,526 points28,864 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector		 1,323 points1,698 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Geekbench Browser, CpuTronic, HardwareDB		 7,372 points14,141 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, Geekbench Browser, CpuTronic, HardwareDB		 1,732 points2,187 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 18,123 points29,840 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,645 points—
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,646 points—
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —3,448 points
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: HWBOT		 —32
Y-cruncher Pi-1B (lower is better)
Source: HWBOT		 —32 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 →

Ryzen 7 5800X

All Ryzen 7 5800X AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3600X or the Ryzen 7 5800X?

The Ryzen 7 5800X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600X on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 65%, including 28% in Cinebench R23 single (1,698 vs 1,323).

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