Ryzen 5 3600 vs Celeron M U3600

Primary details

Comparing Celeron M U3600 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 data22.04
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeron MAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data16.26
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date18 December 2010 (13 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

Celeron M U3600 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 speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate2500 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Number of transistors382+177 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M U3600 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketBGA1288AM4
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M U3600 and Ryzen 5 3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Celeron M U3600 and Ryzen 5 3600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M U3600 and Ryzen 5 3600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M U3600 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

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 December 2010 7 July 2019
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 65 Watt

Celeron M U3600 has 261.1% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M U3600 and Ryzen 5 3600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M U3600 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3600 is a desktop one.


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