AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 48.7 GOps/s | n/a |
| Floating-Point Math | 28.6 GOps/s | n/a |
| Prime Number Search | 108 M primes/s | n/a |
| Random String Sort | 23.7 M strings/s | n/a |
| Data Encryption | 14 GB/s | n/a |
| Data Compression | 219.8 MB/s | n/a |
| Physics | 1155 frames/s | n/a |
| Extended Instructions | 144 M matrices/s | n/a |
| File Compression | 660.6 MB/s | n/a |
| Clang Compilation | 59 KLines/s | n/a |
| HTML5 Browser | 146 pages/s | n/a |
| PDF Rendering | 207.8 MP/sec | n/a |
| Text Processing | 143.3 pages/s | n/a |
| Background Blur | 37 frames/s | n/a |
| Photo Processing | 54.2 frames/s | n/a |
| Ray Tracing | 12.9 MP/sec | n/a |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 111.5 PPW | 78.1 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 272.5 PPW | n/a |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 7.3 PPW | 6.5 PPW |
| Blender / W | 2.09 PPW | n/a |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Announced | July, 7, 2019 | June, 5, 2025 |
| Type | PC use | PC use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 2 (Matisse) | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Frequency | 3.6 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.2 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Cores count | 6 | 6 |
| Threads count | 12 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 30x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 512 KB/core | 512 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB total | 96 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
Package
| Transistor count | 3.8 billion | n/a |
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 65 W | 105 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | n/a | 142 W |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Critical temp. | 95 °C | 90 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-3200 |
| Max Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | Yes | Yes |
| Max memory bandwidth | 47.68 GB | n/a |
Other
| PCIe Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 16 | 20 |
| Tech | n/a | - Memory: 3D V-Cache - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA - Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2 - Virtualization: AMD-V - Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP |
Results
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Survey
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