AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 5 3600X Performance Review

[Brent_Justice]

Introduction Today we are going to directly compare performance between the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X CPU known as Matisse and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU known as Vermeer. This is Zen 2 versus Zen 3, 6-core to 6-core CPUs head-to-head, in the mainstream mid-range performance realm for CPUs. We are going to find out if it is really worth it upgrading from the Ryzen 5 3600X to the newer Ryzen 5 5600X, generation to generation. Consider this our review of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. In a previous comparison, we had looked at the Ryzen 5 3600 versus the Ryzen […]

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[Brian_B]

Has this review really been chillin’ behind the scenes here for 18 months or so and we just never knew about it?

By Brent Justice
October 26, 2021

Good review btw -

 

[MadMummy76]

That said I'd really be interested in a Re:Review. Comparing the 3600x 5600x and 7600x in modern games. Same for the 8 core ones.
Especially in 4K, I know it would be gpu limited, and that's exactly the point, to see how much an older CPU holds you back irl.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Especially in 4K, I know it would be gpu limited, and that's exactly the point, to see how much an older CPU holds you back irl.

I'm not so sure about the 3600K but I definitely have seen CPU bottleneck in 4K with my 4930K (@4.3 GHz) with more modern RT games. No matter what GPU I've paired it with a 3090 and 3090 Ti it has shown significant issues with games like Spider-Man Remastered, CB 2077, and The Witcher 3 Enhanced, Crysis Remastered. I haven't gotten around to testing Hogwarts on it yet. However, it still does well with just about anything not using more advanced/demanding RT features. The 3700X seems to be doing pretty well with most things still though.