Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-3550 specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600 is faster than the Core i5-3550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-3550 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3550. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3550. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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