AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs 5600X vs 3600 - Worth Upgrading?

I’ve compared AMD’s last three 6 core Ryzen 5 CPUs - The 7600X, 5600X and 3600 to help you decide which to pick, or if it’s worth upgrading! Check prices 👇

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7600X vs 5600X vs 3600 Comparison Timestamps
0:00 CPU Spec Differences
0:32 Why 5600X and not 5600?
0:41 Why 3600 and not 3600X?
0:52 Price Differences
1:26 Test PC
1:46 Cinebench R23
2:41 Clock Speeds
3:04 Power Draw
3:38 Performance Per Watt (Efficiency)
3:58 Temperatures
4:21 Eco Mode
4:47 Blender Open Data
5:09 V-Ray
5:31 Corona Renderer
5:41 Linux Kernel Compilation
6:07 LLVM Compilation
6:20 Handbrake Video Encode
6:39 Adobe Premiere
7:08 DaVinci Resolve
7:26 Adobe Photoshop
7:41 Microsoft Office (Word & Excel)
7:56 7-Zip Compression & Decompression
8:27 GeekBench
8:51 7600X vs 3600 - All Application Differences
9:23 7600X vs 5600X - All Application Differences
9:47 11 Games at 1080p, 1440p & 4K
9:57 Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
10:31 Microsoft Flight Simulator
11:03 Total War: WARHAMMER III
11:33 Halo Infinite
12:02 Call of Duty Warzone
12:45 Apex Legends
13:03 Fortnite
13:48 CS:GO
14:17 Cyberpunk 2077
14:57 The Riftbreaker
15:12 Watch Dogs Legion
15:30 7600X vs 3600 (1080p)
15:55 7600X vs 3600 (1440p)
16:13 7600X vs 3600 (4K)
16:32 7600X vs 5600X (1080p)
16:43 7600X vs 5600X (1440p)
16:51 7600X vs 5600X (4K)
17:07 11 Game Average
17:26 Cost Per Frame (Best Gaming Value)
18:06 Cost Per Cinebench Point (Best Productivity Value)
18:24 Conclusion - 7600X Worth It?
19:26 Intel Core i5-13600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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[JarrodsTech]

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[OzTalksHW]

Dude this was a great comparison! I didn't realize how much Zen has improved over the gens. Right now the 7600X is effectively a $600+ upgrade when you account for the platform. By the time the 3600 and 5600X really start showing their age, I imagine AM5 will be mature and newer Zen processors with their V-cache variants will be out. That's probably the best time to upgrade for most gamers

[cldpt]

I think one of the key datapoints missing in most reviewers, is the 1% and .1% lows on the final comparisons. It would be really useful to see how much, on average of all games, you improve on the most important stutter metrics

[Lionheartx]

r5 3600x user here. This video is perfect! And thank you for including 4k benchmarks as well. I wish more youtubers did this so we can see if an upgrade is truly worth it as 4k becomes more viable.

[KimBoKastekniv]

Thanks for testing at 1440p and 4K in your CPU benchmarks. People often see 1080p results and rush out to buy a new CPU without realizing they were probably GPU bound.

[alxnd_r]

3600 users could upgrade. But that cpu still has some life in it.

[BluBliTZ]

Damn 3600 is still actually holding up after all these years! One of the best CPU to be ever released!

[JamesSmith-swnk]

Good video. The (obvious) thing is: 3600 & 5600x owners can upgrade to a 5800x3D without having to get a new motherboard and ram. I think a lot of people will be doing that.

[jaydeepmohile]

I really liked your reasoning behind choosing the 3600 and 5600x to compare. Great video as always.

[chic-fil-ashouldopenonsund]

man. im just amazed how well the 5600x stacked up against the 7600x. not that much performance difference in the games that i play. theres really not much of a reason for someone like me with a 5600x to get the 7600x.

[kinyip]

Not to throw shade on the bigger YouTubers but I feel like Jarrod does much more work and goes much more in-depth on the data. For a single person to do that much testing, I feel like he deserves much more credit than he already has.

[joaquintineo]

Jarrod: "7600X is scoring 69% better compared to the 3600"
Also Jarrod: Nice
Me: Nice

[coni]

Worth to mention that currently Ryzen 5 5600 is widely sold under the price below 150$, which is overkill deal.

[Texshy]

I have a 3600 but that base clock for the 7600x is really tempting. My main game is Squad and that game requires a really good clock speed since its not optimized for multi-core.

[pawekielek]

Pity 5800X3D was not included as more viable alternative for AM4 users

[sevrent]

holy shit these past few gens have shown MASSIVE performance uplift its actually wild. goes to show what a little competition in the market can do

[Miguel_Noether]

So detailed I can't even ask anything

[BleedForTheWorld]

This video is the reason I have the bell on for this channel. 3600 user with 3200MHz ram. It's been a great combo so far but I'm looking to upgrade real soon.

[mercyMEJ]

Great comparison, I'm a little late to these processors but this was pretty helpful information.

[namerandom]

Thank you for doing 4k testing, most review sites tend to just ignore it totally.