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
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
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 5600G
- Newer - released 1-year and 9-months later
- 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1493 vs 1252 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 16 MB 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)
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Specifications
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
| 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 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 |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| TDP | 45-65 W (configurable) | 65 W |
| 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
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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