Ryzen 9 6980HS vs Ryzen 5 3600

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking693not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.04no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency16.26no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache32 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data208 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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)1
SocketAM4FP7
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. 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++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5
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 680M ( - 2400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 9 6980HS has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 6980HS is a notebook one.


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