The AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has an AM4 socket and only works with 500-series chipsets (X570 for example). Make sure your motherboard has the correct socket and chipset, otherwise your processor will not work. Play your favorite games or edit photos with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X. This is a middle class CPU from AMD's newest Ryzen 3000 series. This processor has 6 cores and 12 threads, making hyperthreading possible. The 3600X is considerably faster than the 3600 variant. This X version has a maximum clock speed of no less than 4.4 GHz. The 3600X uses the new Zen 2 7nm architecture, which delivers high performance with low power consumption. Thanks to 32 MB of L3 cache and 3 MB of L2 cache, this processor processes data at lightning speed. The memory controller supports DDR4 RAM with a maximum memory speed of 3200 MHz.