AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X with 6 cores 3.8GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 9600 Advantages
Released 5 years and 7 months late
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 3200)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
1534
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+111%
3240
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
6388
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+131%
14815
General Parameters
Jul 2019
Release Date
Feb 2025
AMD
Manufacturer
Amd
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 2
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
AM4
Socket
AM5
N/A
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
-
Generation
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Package
3.8 billions
Transistor Count
-
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
95 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
12
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
12
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
38x
Multiplier
38
64 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
128 GB
Max Memory Size
192 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
47.68 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
-
Execution Units
2
