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AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT vs Ryzen 7 3700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT leads on 5 of 8 shared benchmarks (17% in Cinebench R23 single); the Ryzen 7 3700X takes 3 (8% in Cinebench R23 multi).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT and the Ryzen 7 3700X. 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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Specs side-by-side

SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600XTRyzen 7 3700X
cores 68
threads 1216
base clock ghz 3.73.6
boost clock ghz 4.74.4
tdp w 6565
l2 cache mb 3—
l3 cache mb 3232
process nm 77
socket AM4AMD 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 Gamers Nexus, TopCPU.net, CGDirector, GadgetVersus, technical.city, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, SiliconCat 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.

BenchmarkAMD Ryzen 5 5600XTRyzen 7 3700X
7-Zip Compression (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —78,000 MIPS
Adobe Photoshop (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —7,000 points
Adobe Premiere (Puget) (higher is better)
Source: Gamers Nexus		 —6,613 points
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net		 888 points—
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus		 11,333 points12,195 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus		 1,569 points1,345 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: technical.city, GadgetVersus, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, SiliconCat		 8,457 points9,145 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: technical.city, GadgetVersus, CpuTronic, Geekbench Browser, SiliconCat		 2,157 points1,740 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 22,290 pts22,401 points
PassMark CPU Mark single-thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,467 points—
PassMark CPU Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,466 points—
PassMark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,470 points—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT or the Ryzen 7 3700X?

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT leads on 5 of 8 shared benchmarks (17% in Cinebench R23 single); the Ryzen 7 3700X takes 3 (8% in Cinebench R23 multi).

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