GAMING PERFORMANCE OCCASIONALLY
SUFFERS
A PC’s GPU is the most important factor in determining
its performance on demanding AAA games, but the
CPU can also play a role. This is especially true when
you’re trying to eke out every last frame per second
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the in-game benchmarks of some popular titles,
including Far Cry 5 and Hitman: Absolution, the Ryzen
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with more expensive CPUs such as the Intel Core i9-
9900K and Ryzen 9 3900X.
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mainstream CPUs we’ve tested achieved frame rates
around the 400fps mark at 1080p. And if you’re
planning on playing at 4K resolution, the graphics card
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instance, all the processors managed approximately
70fps at 4K resolution.
Finally, the Ryzen 5 3600X is no substitute for a high-
end CPU of the type you’d expect to install in a serious
gaming rig or multimedia editing workstation. That’s
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tests, which use popular content creation apps to
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There are some slight variations, but the Ryzen 5
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especially on the Blender test. If you’re building a
powerful PC to perform these tasks, you’ll want to
invest in a far more capable processor, such as a Ryzen
Threadripper or Intel Core i9.
The Ryzen 5
3600X and
other chips
performed
roughly
equally,
especially on
the Blender
test.