Ryzen 5 5600H vs Athlon 64 3700+
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 64 3700+ and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 665 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 44 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Architecture codename | San Diego (2001−2005) | Cezanne-H (Zen 3) |
| Release date | January 2001 (23 years ago) | 7 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $69 | no data |
| Current price | $105 (1.5x MSRP) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 3700+ and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 199 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 233 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 3700+ and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 | no data |
| Socket | 939 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 3700+ and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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 | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 3700+ and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 3700+ and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Athlon 64 3700+ by 4219% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 6 |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 45 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 3700+ and Ryzen 5 5600H. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon 64 3700+ is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.
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