AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
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 5600X
1541
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
765
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
11838
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
2760
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
92
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
607
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3363
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1927
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21869
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
6876
Integer Math71.4 GOps/s24.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math39.5 GOps/s12.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search133 M primes/s15 M primes/s
Random String Sort26.3 M strings/s11.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption15.7 GB/s6 GB/s
Data Compression252.4 MB/s94.9 MB/s
Physics1318 frames/s367 frames/s
Extended Instructions17 M matrices/s36 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1044
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
2880
File Compression954.5 MB/s310.7 MB/s
Clang Compilation66.2 KLines/s19.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser169 pages/s71.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering245 MP/sec92 MP/sec
Text Processing213.5 pages/s88.3 pages/s
Background Blur47.2 frames/s11.3 frames/s
Photo Processing68.8 frames/s28 frames/s
Ray Tracing16 MP/sec4.41 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
34.13

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 140.5 PPW 82.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 336.4 PPW 196.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 9.3 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.41 PPW 0.98 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced October, 8, 2020 January, 6, 2019
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU No Radeon Vega 8

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
General
Cores count64
Threads count128
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x21x
L1 cache64 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total4 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.9 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 12-35 W
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W n/a
Socket AM4 FP5
Critical temp. 95 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400
Max Size 128 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 35.76 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 12

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5600X the clear winner in this comparison.

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