Ryzen 5 2600 vs Sempron 3600+

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Primary details

Comparing Sempron 3600+ and Ryzen 5 2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated834
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.28
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameManila (2001−2006)Pinnacle Riege (Zen+)
Release dateMay 2006 (18 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$12$199
Current price$15.45 (1.3x MSRP)$147 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Sempron 3600+ and Ryzen 5 2600 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache256K3 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm12 nm
Die size103 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors81 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Sempron 3600+ and Ryzen 5 2600 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM2AM4
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 3600+ and Ryzen 5 2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataDDR4-2933 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-NIno data+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 3600+ and Ryzen 5 2600 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 3600+ and Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 3600+ and Ryzen 5 2600.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Sempron 3600+ 364
Ryzen 5 2600 13198
+3526%

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Sempron 3600+ by 3526% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Cost $12 $199
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 65 Watt

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