AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X is 2% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 55 56
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Top speed 4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
Rated power 65 W 95 W
Games at recommended 207 211
Released20192019
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 better than the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X scores 56 and the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 55.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600, and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X.