Ryzen 5 3600X vs Phenom II X2 N620

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 N620 and Ryzen 5 3600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2477	619
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	30.69
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	2x AMD Phenom II	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	7 July 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249
Current price	no data	$190 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 N620 and Ryzen 5 3600X 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	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Number of transistors	no data	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 N620 and Ryzen 5 3600X 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	S1	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 N620 and Ryzen 5 3600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR3 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 N620 and Ryzen 5 3600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 N620 and Ryzen 5 3600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

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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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 3600X outperforms Phenom II X2 N620 by 1301% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.84	11.77
Recency	12 May 2010	7 July 2019
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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