AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  2 3
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 2000 Series Ryzen 3000 Series
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.2 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 3600X and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 PCIe 4.0 x16
• PCIe lanes
  20 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  2933 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 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
  65 W 95 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2500X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) Matisse (Zen 2)
• Codename
  Pinnacle 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
  0.375 MB 0.375 MB
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 32 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD250XBBAFBOX 100-100000022BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  YD250XBBAFMPK 100-100000022MPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD250XBBM4KAF 100-000000022
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / 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
  2018-09-10 2019-07-07
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  12nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM