AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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
$ 68.32 significantly less expensive
$ 135.32

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
6267 points
25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
8333 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
5604 points
26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
5431 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points
5664 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
150.92 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
8330 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
1980 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
8600 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
2052 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
Identical
32 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600 is faster than the Ryzen 5 3600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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