AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
For gaming, the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X is 4% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 58 56
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Top speed 4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Rated power 65 W 95 W
Games at recommended 219 211
Released20192019
Processor-heavy games only the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X meets
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X better than the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X for gaming?
Yes — on our gaming index the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X scores 58 and the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 56.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti for the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X.