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
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
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
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
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 |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
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 |
Value for money
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Specifications
Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 5 3600General
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 |
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
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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