Pentium Dual Core T3200 vs Ryzen 5 1600

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	882	not rated
Place by popularity	51	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.45	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	11 April 2017 (7 years ago)	1 October 2008 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$219	no data
Current price	$115 (0.5x MSRP)	$29

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	no data	667 MHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Die size	192 mm2	143 mm2
Number of transistors	4,800 million	291 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Dual Core T3200.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 April 2017	1 October 2008
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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