AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 1000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  1 3
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 1000 Series Ryzen 3000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.5 GHz 4.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None None

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT and AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  2667 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  95 W 95 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 105 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Summit Ridge (Zen) Matisse (Zen 2)
• Codename
  Summit Ridge Matisse
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.5625 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 32 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD160XBCAEWOF 100-100000281BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  YD160XBCAEMPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD160XBCM6IAE -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2017-04-11 07/2020
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  14nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  AMD Wraith Max -
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM