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AMD Ryzen 5 3600: specs and benchmarks
Price now
298$
Games supported
100%
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2019
Performance
16.37
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 max turbo 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
16.37%
of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX.
General info
Of Ryzen 5 3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 320 | |
| Value for money | 41.75 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | |
| Architecture codename | Matisse (2019−2020) | |
| Release date | 7 July 2019 (2 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Price now | $298 (1.5x MSRP) | of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | |
| Threads | 12 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | of 5.5 (Core i9-12900KS) |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 32 MB (shared) | |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm, 12 nm | of 5 (Apple M1) |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | of 57000 (Apple M1 Max) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3600 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM4 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | of 4800 (Ryzen 9 6980HX) |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | of 281.6 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into Ryzen 5 3600.
| Integrated graphics card | - |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 5 3600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
- Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core (sometimes called Multi-Thread) is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
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 i5-12500T, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen 5 3600:
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