Ryzen 5 3600 vs A4-5150M

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Primary details

Comparing A4-5150M and Ryzen 5 3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated693
Place by popularitynot in top-1009
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.91
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data16.26
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date12 March 2013 (11 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A4-5150M and Ryzen 5 3600 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on A4-5150M and Ryzen 5 3600 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFS1r2AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5150M and Ryzen 5 3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions32 nm, 0.925-no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5150M and Ryzen 5 3600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5150M and Ryzen 5 3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8350G-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-5150M 765
Ryzen 5 3600 17747
+2220%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A4-5150M 101
Ryzen 5 3600 1568
+1453%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

A4-5150M 59
Ryzen 5 3600 192
+225%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2013 7 July 2019
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

A4-5150M has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A4-5150M and Ryzen 5 3600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A4-5150M is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3600 is a desktop one.


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