Ryzen 5 5600G vs Phenom II X3 P860

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated607
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data29.62
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series3x AMD Phenom IIAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data18.22
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Cezanne (2021−2024)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$259

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads312
Base clock speedno data3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data39
L1 cache384 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno dataAM4 (1331) mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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
SocketS1AM4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)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-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 13 April 2021
Physical cores 3 6
Threads 3 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Phenom II X3 P860 has 160% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 P860 and Ryzen 5 5600G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X3 P860 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 5600G is a desktop one.


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