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

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 5800X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600X on all 4 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.

AMD

Ryzen 5 3600X

6 cores95W TDP

Full Ryzen 5 3600X benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 7 5800X

8 cores105W TDP$449 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 7 5800X 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 7 5800X
cores	6	8
threads	12	16
base clock ghz	3.8	—
boost clock ghz	—	4.7
tdp w	95	105
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.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 3600X	Ryzen 7 5800X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector	9,526 points	28,864 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector	1,323 points	1,698 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: PassMark, Geekbench Browser, CpuTronic, HardwareDB	7,372 points	14,141 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: PassMark, Geekbench Browser, CpuTronic, HardwareDB	1,732 points	2,187 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	18,123 points	29,840 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	3,448 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

llama3.1:70b: 18.5 tok/s (Phoronix)

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 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 26% to 65%, including 28% in Cinebench R23 single (1,698 vs 1,323).