AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1172
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1298
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
9501
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
72
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
476
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2564
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17713
Integer Math45.5 GOps/s48.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math26.2 GOps/s28.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search26 M primes/s108 M primes/s
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/s23.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption10.5 GB/s14 GB/s
Data Compression175.6 MB/s219.8 MB/s
Physics534 frames/s1155 frames/s
Extended Instructions109 M matrices/s144 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
7249
File Compression504.2 MB/s660.6 MB/s
Clang Compilation32.5 KLines/s59 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser103.5 pages/s146 pages/s
PDF Rendering151.5 MP/sec207.8 MP/sec
Text Processing124.6 pages/s143.3 pages/s
Background Blur27.2 frames/s37 frames/s
Photo Processing49.8 frames/s54.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.97 MP/sec12.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
135.61

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 210.6 PPW 111.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 516.1 PPW 272.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.7 PPW 7.3 PPW
Blender / W 3.68 PPW 2.09 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 12, 2021 July, 7, 2019
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 2.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz 4.2 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total32 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 3.8 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 65 W
Socket FP6 AM4
Critical temp. 105 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-3200
Max Size 32 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 47.68 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 16

Results

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