2700 vs 3500x vs 3600 with difference motherboard comboThe 3500X has a base clock of 36 GHz and a boost clock just short of the 3600's 42 GHz, at 41 GHz It also has 35 MB of cache and a TDP of 65W Given the architecture and clock speeds, the 3500X will offer very similar gaming performance to the SMT enabled 12thread 3600, but at a significant discount in priceThe Ryzen 5 3500X and the Ryzen 5 3600 both have 6 cores, which is not likely to be a limiting factor for gaming The Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X The Ryzen 5 3500X
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