Ryzen 5 5600H vs Athlon 64 X2 3600+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	726
Place by popularity	not in top-100	46
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	no data	22.48
Architecture codename	Manchester (2005−2006)	Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	31 May 2005 (19 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	4.2 GHz
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	7 nm
Die size	156 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	154 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	939	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 3600+ and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 May 2005	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	90 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	45 Watt

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