Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 3 1300

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1300 and Ryzen 5 3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated686
Place by popularitynot in top-1008
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data24.67
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data16.27
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date11 April 2017 (7 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

Ryzen 3 1300 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache96 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)3 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Number of transistors4,800 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1300 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1300 and Ryzen 5 3600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1300 and Ryzen 5 3600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1300 and Ryzen 5 3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 April 2017 7 July 2019
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 5 3600 has an age advantage of 2 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 1300 and Ryzen 5 3600. We've got no test results to judge.


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