Ryzen 5 5600U vs Sempron 3500+
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5600U outperforms Sempron 3500+ by a whopping 6531% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3578 | 979 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 0.09 | 24.29 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Palermo (2001−2005) | Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 1 October 2005 (20 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $167 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Sempron 3500+ and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 103 mm2 | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 63 million | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Sempron 3500+ and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 | 1 |
| Socket | 939 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 62 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 3500+ and Ryzen 5 5600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 3500+ and Ryzen 5 5600U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 3500+ and Ryzen 5 5600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 3500+ and Ryzen 5 5600U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.13 | 8.62 |
| Recency | 1 October 2005 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 6 |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 62 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5600U has a 6530.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 313.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Sempron 3500+ in performance tests.
Note that Sempron 3500+ is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600U is a notebook one.
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