AMD Ryzen 5 3600: specs and benchmarks

General info
Technical specs
Technologies
Memory
Benchmarks
Gaming
Intel equivalent
User rating
Advices and comments
Summary
AMD started AMD Ryzen 5 3600 sales 7 July 2019 at a recommended price of $199. This is Matisse architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 7 nm, 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4200 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR4 Dual-channel memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 20.13 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX.
General info
Of Ryzen 5 3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Value for money (0-100)
1.01
Market segment
Desktop
Series
AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename
Matisse
Release date
7 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
Technical specs
Ryzen 5 3600's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Ryzen 5 3600's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Number of cores
6
Number of threads
12
L3 cache
32 MB (shared)
64 bit support
+
Unlocked
+
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3600 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Socket
AM4
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
AES-NI
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AVX
+
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600 are enumerated here.
AMD-V
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Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600.
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into Ryzen 5 3600.
Integrated graphics
-
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Ryzen 5 3600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
20.13
Passmark
17863
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Ryzen 5 3600 is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Ryzen 5 3600 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Ryzen 5 3600 from Intel is Core i7-9800X, which is faster by 2% and higher by 5 positions in our rating.