AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-3550

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
$ 231.95 significantly less expensive
$ 298.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
135% significantly better overall score
2119 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
73% significantly better gaming score
3894 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
172% significantly better multitasking score
1620 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
175% significantly better heavy workload score
1555 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
388% significantly higher Blender score
27.36 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
251% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1939 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
142% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
644 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
258% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1924 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
150% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
645 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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
18% slightly lower TDP
77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
702nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

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 i5-3550 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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