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AMD logo Ryzen 9 5900X
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AMD logo Ryzen 5 3600X

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X logo AMD Ryzen 5 3600X logo
General information Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 3600X
Launched Q4 2020 Q3 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM4 AM4
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Vermeer Matisse
Clock 3.7 GHz 2.6 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 8.3 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 95 W 9.5 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 0 % 7 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 2 × 32 MB
2 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 3600X
Overall Score 70944 0 % 58575 17.4 %
Future Proof 79 % 0 % 72 % 8.9 %
Benchmark Score 25332 0 % 11772 53.5 %
Single Thread Score 3484.9 0 % 2676.9 23.2 %
Encrypting Data 31113.2 MB/s 0 % 14217.2 MB/s 54.3 %
Compressing Data 487.8 MB/s 0 % 217.4 MB/s 55.4 %
String objects sorting 52377.4 thousand/s 0 % 24508.5 thousand/s 53.2 %
Prime numbers generation 253.2 millions/s 0 % 110.6 millions/s 56.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 143544 millions/s 0 % 50491 millions/s 64.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77450 millions/s 0 % 29250 millions/s 62.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 5900X, Ryzen 5 3600X.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 3600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.4 FPS 128.6 FPS
High settings 264.7 FPS 205.8 FPS
Medium settings 330.9 FPS 257.3 FPS
Low settings 413.6 FPS 321.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 9 5900X Ryzen 5 3600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 175.6 FPS 153.7 FPS
High settings 281.0 FPS 245.9 FPS
Medium settings 351.2 FPS 307.4 FPS
Low settings 439.0 FPS 384.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.5 %
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