AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Ryzen 5 3600
We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500 against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 3600. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Newer - released 2-years and 9-months later
- 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1433 vs 1252 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Has 16384 KB larger L3 cache size
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | March 15, 2022 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Cezanne) | Zen 2 (Matisse) |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 36x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| TDP | 65 W | 65 W |
| Peak temperature | 90°C | 95°C |
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 47.68 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 16 |
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