Ryzen 5 5500U vs Athlon 64 3600+
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 916 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 14 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 31.00 |
| Architecture codename | Clawhammer (2001−2005) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | June 2004 (20 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 128K | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 193 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 70 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 106 million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | 754 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon Vega 7 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 6 |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 25 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5500U has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process, and 256% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5500U. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon 64 3600+ is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.
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