Ryzen 5 5600x vs 3600

WonkyEyezJohnny · 25 Jan 2021 at 13:45

I was going to get the 5600x but hard to get hold of or they are a lot of money. I have been looking at some video of the 3600 because its a bit cheaper and in stock is it really worth spending the extra £100 or so on the 5600x because the test I watched wasn't to much different or am I missing something?

It will be mostly to play games like Warzone got everything else just waiting on cpu and gpu

VonScar · 25 Jan 2021 at 14:26

What resolution you play at?

1080P a good CPU will be of more benefit.
1440P, a good CPU will have some benefit, but will be more GPU bound.
4K GPU bound, CPU will have less impact than a good graphics card....

The AMD Zen 3 5600X is in stock, 10 plus. £299.99

▷ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)

However, the 3600 is half the price at £179.99.

▷ AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4)… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)

A good CPU will assist with consistent frames, streaming and responsiveness of your system. The 3600 is a good gaming CPU, however, the 5600X is a great gaming CPU that kicks 8 core CPU ass, for a price premium.

WonkyEyezJohnny · 25 Jan 2021 at 14:35

VonScar said:
What resolution you play at?

1080P a good CPU will be of more benefit.
1440P, a good CPU will have some benefit, but will be more GPU bound.
4K GPU bound, CPU will have less impact than a good graphics card....

The AMD Zen 3 5600X is in stock, 10 plus. £299.99

▷ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)

However, the 3600X is half the price at £179.99.

▷ AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4)… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)

A good CPU will assist with consistent frames, streaming and responsiveness of your system. The 3600 is a good gaming CPU, however, the 5600X is a great gaming CPU that kicks 8 core CPU ass, for a price premium.

Ill probs play at 4k at 1st because of my monitor but when I swap my monitor to a higher fps one I will probs drop to 1440p for the more fps

VonScar · 25 Jan 2021 at 14:41

Get a 5600X or higher.

WonkyEyezJohnny · 25 Jan 2021 at 14:42

ok thank you for your help

Skilid · 25 Jan 2021 at 15:16

At 1440p you will not notice much of a difference between a 3600 and a 5600x. At 4K you will notice no difference at all.

If you're constrained to a budget and want your PC for gaming only then you're much better off getting a 3600 and spending more on a GPU. If you're not constrained to a budget, get a 5600x.

There are several different YouTube videos showing gaming performance between these CPUs. Just ignore all the 1080p results as you won't be playing at that res.

clv101 · 25 Jan 2021 at 15:31

If building a gaming system on a budget go for the 3600, safe in the knowledge you can drop a used 5800x or 5900x in the same board in a couple years time if games get significantly more CPU intensive.

ASMB · 25 Jan 2021 at 18:13

The 3600 does bottleneck higher end GPUs such as the Nvidia 3070 and above in some situations, it depends on the class of GPU that you intend to use. 5600x is obviously more future proof.

https://youtu.be/KL63dwnxqVg

Skilid · 25 Jan 2021 at 22:42

ASMB said:
The 3600 does bottleneck higher end GPUs such as the Nvidia 3070 and above in some situations, it depends on the class of GPU that you intend to use. 5600x is obviously more future proof.

https://youtu.be/KL63dwnxqVg

This guy overclocks the CPUs, so I don't think it's a fair comparison. Ryzen doesn't like all core OC's and is best left to its own devices. 3600 will only 'bottleneck' at 1080p. Even then, it's still plenty fast. It all comes down to budget.

ASMB · 26 Jan 2021 at 00:50

Skilid said:
This guy overclocks the CPUs, so I don't think it's a fair comparison. Ryzen doesn't like all core OC's and is best left to its own devices. 3600 will only 'bottleneck' at 1080p. Even then, it's still plenty fast. It all comes down to budget.

If the 3600 is bottlenecking in video with an overclock then it will be an even bigger bottleneck without the overclock. TBH I just leave PBO on and it boosts my 3600 to only 100mhz behind his manual overclock, so very little difference

Twinz · 26 Jan 2021 at 01:25

I built a rig for someone else and got to A/B my 3800x and his 5800X with the same 3080 GPU and the same HP Reverb G2. I saw no difference in game play between the two CPU's on the G2.

I'm glad I got to try it out....virtually no FOMO for Zen 3 now. Don't get me wrong, I still intend to upgrade, but now I think I may wait until Zen 4 is released and Zen 3 is "old news".

LeMson · 26 Jan 2021 at 02:19

£300 for a 6 core is daft, get the 3600

Skilid · 26 Jan 2021 at 09:51

ASMB said:
If the 3600 is bottlenecking in video with an overclock then it will be an even bigger bottleneck without the overclock. TBH I just leave PBO on and it boosts my 3600 to only 100mhz behind his manual overclock, so very little difference

It's not just the 3600 that's overclocked. That's my point.

Yes, the 5600x will be a bit faster, but for games you're better of spending less on a CPU and more on a GPU. Both the 3600 and 5600x are more than capable for all the latest games.

ASMB · 27 Jan 2021 at 13:20

Skilid said:
It's not just the 3600 that's overclocked. That's my point.

Yes, the 5600x will be a bit faster, but for games you're better of spending less on a CPU and more on a GPU. Both the 3600 and 5600x are more than capable for all the latest games.

Capable yes, going forward how many people will be bottlenecked by the 3600 if they have nvidia 3080, Radeon 6800xt or better class of card and play 1080p, which is a popular resolution

https://youtu.be/-pRI7vXh0JU?t=751

Skilid · 27 Jan 2021 at 13:50

ASMB said:
Capable yes, going forward how many people will be bottlenecked by the 3600 if they have nvidia 3080, Radeon 6800xt or better class of card and play 1080p, which is a popular resolution

https://youtu.be/-pRI7vXh0JU?t=751

People who buy a 3080 for 1080p are wasting their money anyway

1080p is also going to become less and less popular over time.