Ryzen 5 3600X vs Ryzen 7 5825U — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 5825U leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (14% in Cinebench R23 multi); the Ryzen 5 3600X takes 1 (4% in Geekbench 6 multi).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600X and the Ryzen 7 5825U. 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 5825U

Full Ryzen 7 5825U 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 5825U
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 TechPowerUp, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, Technical.city, HardwareDB and PassMark; 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 5825U
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, CGDirector, Notebookcheck	9,526 points	10,904 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, CGDirector, Notebookcheck	1,323 points	1,460 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, Technical.city, HardwareDB	7,372 points	7,093 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, Geekbench Browser, Technical.city, HardwareDB	1,732 points	1,966 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	18,123 points	15,187 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	3,003 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	2,990 points