AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 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
5252 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
7216 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
4621 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
4465 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
172.19 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
8481 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
2104 points
30% 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
4.9 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089
317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 5 7640U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7640U performs better 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7640U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7640U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7640U.

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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