Ryzen 5 5600H vs Ryzen 5 3500

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3500
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
8.05
Ryzen 5 5600H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
10.69
+32.8%

Ryzen 5 5600H outperforms Ryzen 5 3500 by a substantial 33% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking928727
Place by popularitynot in top-10046
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency11.7222.48
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads612
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz4.2 GHz
Multiplierno data33
L1 cache384 KB384 KB
L2 cache3 MB3 MB
L3 cache16 MB16 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketSocket AM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 3500 8.05
Ryzen 5 5600H 10.69
+32.8%

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.

Ryzen 5 3500 12791
Ryzen 5 5600H 16973
+32.7%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 3500 1515
Ryzen 5 5600H 1602
+5.7%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 3500 5382
Ryzen 5 5600H 5777
+7.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.05 10.69
Threads 6 12
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600H has a 32.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 3500 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 3500 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3500 and Ryzen 5 5600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Ryzen 5 3500
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Ryzen 5 5600H

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


4.1 760 votes

Rate Ryzen 5 3500 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 4572 votes

Rate Ryzen 5 5600H on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Ryzen 5 3500 or Ryzen 5 5600H, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.