Ryzen 7 2700X Vs Ryzen 5 3600X

[DustyMiller]

I'm looking at upgrading my ageing old 3770K system, and am looking at the above. I'm planning on coupling them with an X570 board, which is the better overall CPU. The 2700 is cheaper with more cores, but the 3600 is newer, more efficient, and I'm not sure if it can handle more M2 slots on the motherboards. The plan is to change the CPU out when the last of the Ryzen's that are compatible with the current socket start to go end of line.

 

[Orange Nexus]

I got both these cpus (non X) and I don't see any difference between them in gaming paired with a 5700XT. Prolly i'll see the difference if I stare at the fps, which I don't. At 1440, the gpu will matter more. I doubt if you will find the need to upgrade to Ryzen 4000 series for any gpu 2080 or lower with any of these cpus. From the 3700K, tho, I recommend the R5 3600.

 

[Jamin280672]

The 3600 on an x570 board will come with 20 pci-e 4 lanes and the chipset a further 16, it will handle nvme drives very nicely, on top of that, as you stated yourself, better efficiency and improved IPC along with better memory support.

I don't really know how the 2700x would behave in a x570 board, but I can tell you that you won't get pci-e 4, which will also effect the link between the CPU and the chipset, I would sacrifice the 2 extra cores of the 2700 for the 3600.

 

[Scougar]

I was really torn about which to go to. The question you have to asked yourself, and give yourself an HONEST answer is:

"Am I going to be doing much heavy multi-threaded work?"

If the answer is yes, get the 2700x. If the answer is no, get the 3600 or 3600x.

If the 2700x is super cheap, I would still possibly consider it, but just know that gaming will be down about 10fps on average.

 

[Joxeon]

If you mainly game then get the 3600. Although you could just wait till zen3 is out in about 6 months and upgrade then.

 

[opethdisciple]

I think personally I would get the 3600/x. Your'e see from benchmarks that it will have better gaming performance than the 2700x due to the extra cache, IPC improvement and clockspeed.

If you want a chip for hybrid gaming/work tasks then yes maybe the 2700x might be better. But pure gaming get the 3600/3600x.

 

[Scougar]

If paying new prices, I would absolutely buy the 3600x over the 2700x.

I only considered the 2700x as it had massive discounts, and I could even have got one for $111 used, but decided that I mainly game and video work is a side thing... so went with the 3600. bottom line... i'm still stepping up two full releases from my 1600, so for me... either was a good move. I can very much recommend the 3600 and x btw.

@DustyMiller Let us know what you do

 

[DustyMiller]

Decision made, 3600X due to arrive with an X570 Asus board, and 16GB of DDR4 3600 RAM, should be ok to feed my old 980Ti

 

[alec]

good choice
even in multithreaded workload 3600X pretty much equals 2700X thanks to improved IPC. And in low threaded and games it is well ahead.

 

[opethdisciple]

Also the 3600x will support higher memory speeds than the 2700x.

I know when I went from a 2700x to a 3700x I was able to run my 3200MHz ram at 3600MHz when I upgraded.

 

[FoxEye]

Although you could just wait till zen3 is out in about 6 months and upgrade then.

*IF* they come out this year, I have a feeling supply will be constrained and prices will be higher than we'd like.

But I'm not expecting desktop Ryzen 4000 this year, tbh.