3200MHz vs 3600MHz ?

[TheReflex]

This might be a silly question but...

I see many people going for 3600MHz, in many cases to pair with the new Ryzen 5600x. However, my understanding is that the 5600x works at 3200MHz.

What am I missing? Is it potential overclock that allows the CPU to make use of the higher memory speed?

 

[TheReflex]

3600 has been marketed as the 'sweet spot' but if you have good timing 3200 ram you won't see a difference and if / when it becomes an issue you'll have bottlenecks elsewhere in the system.

Is there a list of "good timing 3200 ram" ?