Ryzen 5 3600 vs VIA C3-M C3-M-1200

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Primary details

Comparing VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 and Ryzen 5 3600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated702
Place by popularitynot in top-1008
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data22.81
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesC3-MAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data16.26
Architecture codenameNehemiahMatisse (2019−2020)
Release dateno data7 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

VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate200 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cacheno data3 MB
L3 cacheno data32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 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 VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 and Ryzen 5 3600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 and Ryzen 5 3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 65 Watt

VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 has 261.1% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3600, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 and Ryzen 5 3600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that VIA C3-M C3-M-1200 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3600 is a desktop one.


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