AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-7300U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
331% significantly better overall score
1153 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
202% significantly better gaming score
2228 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
409% significantly better multitasking score
867 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
413% significantly better heavy workload score
833 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
443% significantly higher Blender score
24.58 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
200% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
910th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

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 i5-7300U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600 beats the Core i5-7300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-7300U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-7300U. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-7300U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600 thanks to a significantly 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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