Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Ryzen 5 3600X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600X and Ryzen 9 5900HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	601	468
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	29.89	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Matisse (2019−2020)	Cezanne-HS (Zen 3)
Release date	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)	7 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data
Current price	$210 (0.8x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600X and Ryzen 9 5900HS 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	12	16
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4.6 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	32 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600X and Ryzen 9 5900HS 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	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Ryzen 9 5900HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, 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	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Ryzen 9 5900HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Ryzen 9 5900HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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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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 9 5900HS outperforms Ryzen 5 3600X by 19% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	11.78	14.06
Recency	7 July 2019	7 January 2021
Physical cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

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