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

Handbrake H264

The new 3600XT delivers a performance increase of 1.4 FPS or just under 3% versus the 3600X in our Handbrake H264 test. Versus the Core i5-10600K, AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600XT is 4.3 FPS or 9% faster.

Overclocking the Ryzen 5 3600XT to 4.6GHz delivers a strong performance increase of 8% over stock. Yet again, though, the extra cores of the more expensive Ryzen 7 3700X prove their value in this workload.

Handbrake H265

Margins are narrowed in our unique Handbrake H265 test but the 3600XT still outperforms the 3600X by a slim 2% or so. This time, the Core i5-10600K is able to leverage Intel’s preference for this workload to deliver 3.5% higher performance than the 3600XT.

Overclocking the 3600XT to 4.6GHz allows it to leapfrog the stock clocked 10600K and significantly close the gap to the Ryzen 7 3700X. Frequency, balanced somewhat with core count, is clearly highly influential in this workload and perhaps makes the superb overclocking capability of the 3600XT of notable value versus the cheaper Zen 2 six-cores.

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