AIDA64 CPU and Memory
Memory Read
The memory is running at DDR4-3600 CL16 on both CPUs, and we see identical performance between the CPUs on memory read performance at around 50GB/s.
Memory Write
The same is also true on memory write performance, both CPUs are pulling 28GB/s of memory write speeds at the same memory frequency and timings.
CPU Queen
The CPU Queen test is an integer benchmark that focuses on branch prediction and misprediction penalties. It is multi-threading aware. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is 8% faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X in this simple integer benchmark test. PBO barely adds performance here.
AES
Here is the definition from AIDA64 of what this test does exactly, scroll down to AES. In very complex AES encryption, the Zen 3 architecture has huge gains over Zen 2. We see the newer Ryzen 5 5600X perform a whopping 90% higher than the previous generation Ryzen 5 3600X, this is monstrous. We also saw this with the Ryzen 7 3700X versus Ryzen 7 5800X, with the Ryzen 7 5800X being 100% faster in this test compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X.
SHA3
Here is the definition from AIDA64 of what this test does exactly. In SHA3 the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X has improved upon the Ryzen 5 3600X by 33% here, again showing a big boost for the newer CPU.
Cache and Memory Benchmark
If you would like to compare the L1, L2, and L3 cache performance and latencies, we will show the screenshots from AIDA64’s Cache and Memory Benchmark below.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AIDA64 Cachemem
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AIDA64 Cachemem
Discussion (3 replies)
Join Discussion →Has this review really been chillin’ behind the scenes here for 18 months or so and we just never knew about it?
Good review btw -
That said I'd really be interested in a Re:Review. Comparing the 3600x 5600x and 7600x in modern games. Same for the 8 core ones.
Especially in 4K, I know it would be gpu limited, and that's exactly the point, to see how much an older CPU holds you back irl.
I'm not so sure about the 3600K but I definitely have seen CPU bottleneck in 4K with my 4930K (@4.3 GHz) with more modern RT games. No matter what GPU I've paired it with a 3090 and 3090 Ti it has shown significant issues with games like Spider-Man Remastered, CB 2077, and The Witcher 3 Enhanced, Crysis Remastered. I haven't gotten around to testing Hogwarts on it yet. However, it still does well with just about anything not using more advanced/demanding RT features. The 3700X seems to be doing pretty well with most things still though.