AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 4700G

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop 8 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
6852 points
37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
8244 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
6364 points
44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
6214 points
45% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
225.28 points
68% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 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
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

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
203rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2020 July

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 7 4700G comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Ryzen 7 4700G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4700G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 4700G has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4700G has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600. Both the Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 7 4700G have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4700G 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4700G has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 4700G.

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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