1. Ryzen 5 3600XT - Enhanced Silicon2. All-Core and Boost Operating Frequencies3. Manual Overclocking - 4.6GHz On All Cores!4. Testing Methodology5. CPU Tests: Cinebench R20 & Blender6. CPU Tests: 7-Zip Decompression & Compression7. CPU Tests: Handbrake H264 & H2658. Memory Tests: Memory Bandwidth and Latency9. Gaming: Red Dead Redemption 210. Gaming: Shadow of the Tomb Raider11. Gaming: The Division 212. Technical: Power Draw, Efficiency, Temperatures13. Value: Cinebench Performance per £14. Closing Thoughts15. View All Pages

7-Zip Decompressing

7-Zip decompressing delivers another small but meaningful performance improvement of 4.5% as measured for the 3600XT over its 3600X sibling. Of course, this is also well out of line with the current increase in actual cost of more than 10%. Versus the i5-10600K, the 3600XT delivers an even stronger performance lead of 21%, albeit in this test that is favourable for Zen 2.

Overclocking the 3600XT to 4.6GHz increases performance by 8.5% which closes the gap to Intel’s vastly more expensive stock clocked 10700K but does little to challenge the strong Ryzen 7 3700X.

7-Zip Compressing

The same 4.5% performance gain for the 3600XT over the 3600X is observed in 7-Zip’s compressing test. Intel’s competing Core i5-10600K fairs a little better in this compressing test but the Ryzen 5 3600XT is still 7% higher performance.

Overclocking to 4.6GHz this time delivers a small gain for the Ryzen 5 3600XT processor. The roughly 20% more expensive eight-core Ryzen 7 3700X is a little over 20% higher performance. Seems fair in this instance.

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