AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Processor (6C/12T, 35 MB Cache, 4.4 GHz Max Boost)

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That point is likely to be more pronounced in future games, as we have seen with the quad-core Core i5 CPUs from the Kaby Lake era. If you want to do anything else with your system whilst also gaming, the Core i5 and its limited thread count is likely to suffer far quicker than the SMT-enabled Ryzen 5 3600X. The performance trends that we saw in Cinebench multi-threaded testing carry on through to Handbrake.

We will be outlining the Ryzen 3000 CPU's performance while using the MSI MEG X570 ACE socket AM4 X570 motherboard.As AMD promised all those years ago, the new Ryzen 5 3600X processor is supported by the AM4 platform. However, there will, almost certainly, be scenarios where the limitation of six threads on the Coffee Lake chip will cause gaming slowdowns in current titles.

Any background processes are likely to hit the Core i5 harder, given the proximity to maximum CPU usage when running Hitman 2 in DX12 mode. In the real world, this likely translates into less CPU cooler noise as the fans could deal with the Core i5 even when running at lower speeds. There are a few caveats to watch out for, however, as older B350/X370 and B450/X470 motherboards will need a BIOS update to work with the chip.Ambient temperatures were around 25-28°C in the hot UK summer weather (and normalised to 25°C where there were fluctuations). We run the built-in benchmark using a 1080p resolution and generally Maximum quality settings (including Advanced Graphics). Zip’s compression result sees the Coffee Lake Core i5 pinned to the bottom of our performance chart, while its Ryzen 3000 competitor sits around the middle of the pack.