Both of the third-gen Ryzen 5 chips feature 24 CPU-
based PCI Express 4.0 lanes and 16 chipset lanes. For
now, the third-generation Ryzen CPUs are the only ones
to feature PCIe Gen 4. This enables much faster data
throughput for solid-state drives, and could also
improve the performance of future graphics cards. If
you’re planning on installing a PCIe Gen 4 SSD in your
new Ryzen 5 3600X build, you’ll need a motherboard
that supports PCIe Gen 4 as well. If not, you can choose
from nearly any AM4 motherboard, since the Ryzen 5
3600X is backward-compatible (though some boards
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HOW INTEL COMPARES
Intel’s latest tenth-generation chips aren’t available in
mainstream desktop form yet, so the company’s chief
competitors to the Ryzen 5 3600X are CPUs from the
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include the Core i5-9600K, a six-core chip that, at $263,
costs roughly the same as the Ryzen 5 3600X. Its clock
speeds are similar, at 3.7GHz base and 4.6GHz boost,
and it has the same 95-watt rated power consumption.
It’s also overclockable, like the AMD part.
Both of the
third-gen
Ryzen 5 chips
feature 24
CPU-based
PCI Express
4.0 lanes and
16 chipset
lanes.