AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-2400

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 67.00
$ 60.50
$ 6.50 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
160% significantly better overall score
1911 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
92% significantly better gaming score
3500 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
202% significantly better multitasking score
1462 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
204% significantly better heavy workload score
1403 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
403% significantly higher Blender score
26.55 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
322% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1612 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
183% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
550 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
329% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1606 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
192% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
551 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
737th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-2400 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Core i5-2400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2400 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2400. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2400. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2400. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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