Ryzen 5 5600HS vs Ryzen 5 3600

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking686not rated
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation24.67no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency16.27no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Cezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache384 KB384 KB
L2 cache3 MB3 MB
L3 cache32 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 12 January 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600HS has an age advantage of 1 year, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 5 5600HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600HS is a notebook one.


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