AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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
3% slightly better overall score
4819 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
7087 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
4161 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
4014 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
40% slightly higher Blender score
94.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
10 MiB
233% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
364th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-7467

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 Ultra 7 155U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Core Ultra 7 155U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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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