AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 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

8% slightly better overall score

4592 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points

19% slightly better gaming score

5621 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

4259 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

4166 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points

8386 points

80% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points

149.39 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

2.8 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

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

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

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089

382nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 7 5800HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800HS beats the Ryzen 5 3600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800HS 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 7 5800HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5800HS.

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.