Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600X on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 44% to 83%, including 83% in PassMark CPU Mark (33,151 vs 18,123).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600X and the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. 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 5800X3D

8 cores105W TDP$449 MSRP2022

Full Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 5800X3D
cores	6	8
threads	12	16
base clock ghz	3.8	—
boost clock ghz	—	4.5
tdp w	95	105
l3 cache mb	—	96
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, Digital Trends, Notebookcheck, Guru3D, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, Puget Systems and PassMark Software; 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 5800X3D
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	863 points
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	94 points
Cinebench 2026 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	3,568 points
Cinebench 2026 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	382 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, Digital Trends, Notebookcheck	9,526 points	14,774 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, Digital Trends, Notebookcheck	1,323 points	1,476 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Guru3D, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, Tom's Hardware	7,372 points	15,035 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Guru3D, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, Tom's Hardware	1,732 points	2,499 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: Puget Systems, PassMark Software	18,123 points	33,151 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	2,645 points	—
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	—	3,233 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	2,646 points	—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3600X or the Ryzen 7 5800X3D?

The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3600X on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 44% to 83%, including 83% in PassMark CPU Mark (33,151 vs 18,123).