AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Ryzen 5 3600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 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

General overview and comparison of the processors
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 power consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score when comparing desktop CPUs.

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600 and 5600G
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
  • Newer - released 1-year and 9-months later
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1957 vs 1690 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Has 16384 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1501
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
11241

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1957
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8165
File compression 864.4 MB/sec 646.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 59.8 Klines/sec 60 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156.3 pages/sec 146 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 219.2 Mpixels/sec 201.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 207.8 pages/sec 140.7 pages/sec
Background blur 40.9 images/sec 37.5 images/sec
Photo processing 60 images/sec 52.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 15 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3190
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19922
17785
Integer math 68.7 GOps/sec 48.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 38.1 GOps/sec 28.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 59M Primes/sec 107M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.8M Strings/sec 24M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.4 GBytes/sec 14 GBytes/sec
Data compression 250.2 MBytes/sec 220.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 912 Frames/sec 1161 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 14.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Value for money

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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 5 3600

General

Vendor AMD AMD
Released April 13, 2021 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 No

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 39x 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 10.7 billions 3.8 billions
Fabrication process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 65 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak temperature 95°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon RX Vega 7 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz -
Shading Units 448 -
TMUs 28 -
ROPs 7 -
TGP 10-45 W -
iGPU FLOPS
1.108 TFLOPS

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
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official site AMD Ryzen 5 5600G official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Ryzen 5 5600G?
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Dave A 22 April 2022 19:55
I upgraded to 5600g from 3600 as my GPU is aging and this has better until prices come back down.
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Andre Sukma 16 July 2023 11:44
A great choice for last year's time. I also do the same. May I know what VGA are you using now with the 5600G?
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