AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU Review & Benchmarks: Strong Recommendation

We benchmarked & reviewed AMD's new R5 3600 Ryzen CPU to test performance in games, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Blender, compression, & more.
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Article: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3489-amd-ryzen-5-3600-cpu-review-benchmarks-vs-intel

NEW RYZEN CPU LISTINGS:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Amazon): https://geni.us/vtPUE
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (Amazon): https://geni.us/uxr8
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (Amazon): https://geni.us/uPxxADC
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X (Amazon): https://geni.us/kHxcq
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (Amazon): https://geni.us/sdVDHO
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (Amazon): https://geni.us/IWN0c
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G (Amazon): https://geni.us/AxJmDW
Or grab an affordable R7 2700X on Amazon: https://geni.us/HPeV or R7 2700 https://geni.us/CHQ0B
Intel's i9-9900K (Amazon): https://geni.us/eNRPu

In this review of AMD's new Ryzen 5 3600 CPU, we look at the remainder of Intel's i5 lineup -- primarily composed of the i5-9600K -- and run generational benchmarks versus AMD's older R5 2600/2600X and R5 1600 CPUs. All modern CPUs on the chart also have overclock numbers accompanying them. Memory was 3200MHz CL14 with manually configured secondary and tertiary timings for all bench platforms, ensuring data accuracy and consistency. 3200MHz is the highest frequency that works on everything we benchmarked in this list, allowing us to control a variable while still using a reasonable memory speed. We'll do separate benchmarking on memory scaling. In the meantime, this benchmark tests the AMD R5 3600 for power consumption, Blender performance, Premiere, Photoshop, 7-Zip, V-Ray, GCC code compiling, and more, alongside gaming benchmarks versus Intel. Our reviews of the AMD R9 3900X, R7 3700X, AMD RX 5700 XT, and AMD RX 5700 are forthcoming or have already been published, depending on when you check this video. Be sure to check back regularly to catch all of the reviews -- they're mostly done! AMD vs. Intel 2019 has officially started.

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Editorial & Test Lead: Steve Burke
Editorial, Testing, Data Validation: Patrick Lathan
Video: Andrew Coleman, Josh Svoboda, Keegan Gallick
Quality Control: Keegan Gallick, Steve Burke