Ryzen 5 5600U vs Pentium G3240
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 5600U outperforms Pentium G3240 by a whopping 698% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2233 | 732 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.25 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cezanne-U (Zen 3) |
| Release date | 1 April 2014 (10 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 | no data | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | no data | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | no data | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 72 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 53 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U. 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 | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 8 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Ryzen 5 5600U outperforms Pentium G3240 by 698% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 5 5600U outperforms Pentium G3240 by 696% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
Ryzen 5 5600U outperforms Pentium G3240 by 211% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
Ryzen 5 5600U outperforms Pentium G3240 by 547% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.25 | 9.98 |
| Recency | 1 April 2014 | 12 January 2021 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 53 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 5 5600U has a 698.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 253.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 5600U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G3240 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium G3240 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G3240 and Ryzen 5 5600U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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