HEXUS Bang4Buck and Bang4Watt
The performance benchmarks on the previous pages tell part of the story, but it is always fun to add some Bang4Buck metrics into the mix. Do be aware that there are many methods of calculating such results - different benchmarks will skew the outcome, and prices can both fluctuate daily and vary wildly depending on region.
We've chosen to use the multi-threaded Cinebench R20 test as a basis for our results, and pricing was taken from Newegg.com, or SRP pricing, as on July 14, 2020.
These scores simply divide the Cinebench R20 score by the dollar price or SRP.
The bang4buck is lower because the extra dollop of performance is not enough to overcome the price premium over, you guessed it, Ryzen 5 3600X.
This graph divides the same Cinebench result with the system-wide power consumption we observe during evaluation.
As both Ryzen 5s draw a similar amount of power, we see them close together here. One needs to step it up to Ryzen 7 for extra efficiency.
This metric takes 23.82 as the ceiling for Bang4Buck, and 46.71 for Bang4Watt, and combines them into a weighted score where a maximum of 2 is possible.
Ryzen 5 3600XT remains a little behind its non-T brethren because of that extra premium we keep banging on about.