I’ve tested with both VBR 1 pass, which should make better use of hardware acceleration compared to 2 pass. Adobe Premiere was used to export one of my laptop review videos at 4K. There was less of a difference here when compared to the other multicore workloads tested, with the 5600X completing the export task just 9% faster at stock, then 13% faster with both overclocked. Handbrake was used to convert one of my 4K laptop review videos to 1080p. The 3600’s overclock only improved the render time by one second, while the 5600X’s overclock reduced total completion time by 4 seconds, not a big change, but again it helps outline the better overclocks Zen3 is capable of. The Corona benchmark also uses the processor to render out a scene, and the differences were very close to what we just saw in the V-Ray test. The V-Ray benchmark is another core heavy rendering workload, at stock the 5600X was 22% faster than the 3600, then when both are overclocked the 5600X is now 26% faster, again due to the superior overclocking headroom. This test makes use of all cores, however the improvements weren’t as big as in Cinebench, with the 5600X completing the classroom test 16% faster than the 3600 at stock, but then 18% faster once both are overclocked as the 5600X is able to overclock better. I’ve tested Blender with the BMW and Classroom benchmarks. I’ve also tested the older Cinebench R15 as a lot of people still use it so you can compare my results, the margins weren’t too different to R20 so let’s move on. When overclocked, the 3600 does worse in single core as the all core overclock prevents single core boost going further, while the 5600X’s overclock helped more.
Likewise, the 5600X was also 20% faster in multicore, again an amazing improvement in just over a year.
Starting out with Cinebench R20 we can see the 5600X was scoring 24% higher in single core at stock, a huge improvement in just one generation.
With that in mind we’ll first check out the differences in various applications, as well as power draw and thermals, followed by gaming tests afterwards, then finish up by comparing some performance per dollar metrics. I’ve tested both CPUs at stock, and with the following all core overclocks applied, so I was able to push the 5600X 500MHz higher than the 3600, but that said my 3600 does seem to have lost the silicon lottery as many others seem capable of 4.3 to 4.4GHz. Although both processors come with a wraith stealth cooler in the box, I’ve tested using my Fractal S36 AIO with Noctua NT-H2 thermal paste so I can compare my data with other chips.
I’ve tested with 32gb of DDR4-3200 memory running in dual channel at CL14 and with MSI’s GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio graphics card to minimize bottlenecks. Test PCīoth processors were tested in the same system. Unfortunately there’s no 5600 non X at the time of launch, but if I had to guess, this will probably come later, so for now I think comparing the 3600 against the 5600X is the way to go. You could argue that the 3600X would have made for a better comparison, but based on my 3600 vs 3600X comparison, they’re basically the same and it generally wasn’t worth paying more for the X. The main difference is of course that the 5600X uses the newer Zen 3 architecture, and this allows it to reach higher base and boost clock speeds, however this puts it at $100 more expensive than the 3600. CPU spec differencesīoth processors have the same amount of cores, threads, cache and TDP. AMD’s new Ryzen 5 5600X is an excellent processor, but how does it compare against the 3600 from last generation, and is it worth upgrading? I’ve compared games and applications to help you decide.
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