AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 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
13% slightly better overall score
4375 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
9% slightly better gaming score
6163 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
3818 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
3690 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
115.74 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4719 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1329 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4714 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1350 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

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
5% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
403rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2020 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 5 4600U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Ryzen 5 4600U 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. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 3600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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