AMD Ryzen 5 3600 review - Product Showcase - Ryzen processor

Product Showcase

Alright, it's time for some photos. We received two additional Ryzen 3000 Series processors. Amazing, that a completely different architecture and chiplet design and thus a totally new processor are still at Socket AM4, and thus works on selected 300/400 and X570 chipset based motherboards.

• The Ryzen 5 3600X processor clocks in at a base clock of 3.80 GHz, yet can Turbo to 4.40 GHz depending on load levels versus active threads.
• The Ryzen 5 3600 clocks in at a base clock of 3.60 GHz, yet can Turbo to 4.20 GHz depending on load levels versus active threads (with the right conditions). 

  
Given it's an 8-core architecture per die (yes the 6-core part has 8 corses of which two are disabled), AMD is really nicely managing that clock frequency. We quite honestly expect the Ryzen 7 3700X to be the most popular processor with 8-cores / 16 threads at 329 USD. For the six core parts, the 3600 might end up being the best SKU followed closely by the 3600X. Pricing is spot on against last-gen yet with added IPC and perf improvements.
  

 
For best fine-grained Turbo support, we do recommend a series 400 or 500 motherboard, X470/X570 of course. Pop in a mainstream or high-end graphics card and you'll have a very sweet gaming rig competing with Intel's finest. Should you want to use these procs with an older 300 or 400 series chipset, with a BIOS update these processors will work well (you need to update to a compatible BIOS prior to installing the new processor of course). We tested, there is no performance difference other than the new motherboards offer PCIe Gen 4.0 and they have stronger VRM designs and more features that come with them, like new AX WIFI on selected motherboard models.

  
We test with X570 today and the Ryzen 5 3600X (6c/12t)  Any decent heat pipe cooler will work fine, we use the Wraith stock AMD cooler, too noisy in my opinion, but it does offer cool looks and well, is free with selected processors.

For this review, we'll be using the all-new X570 based Aorus Master, one of the more premium motherboards available.