amd ryzen 5 3600 vs amd ryzen 5 2600

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
VS
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Around 4.3 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
ryzen 5 2600
1016
ryzen 5 3600 +23%
1311
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
ryzen 5 2600
7115
ryzen 5 3600 +25%
9524
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
ryzen 5 2600
2254
ryzen 5 3600 +13%
2592
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
ryzen 5 2600
13234
ryzen 5 3600 +26%
17827
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
ryzen 5 2600
1040
ryzen 5 3600 +18%
1261
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
ryzen 5 2600
5697
ryzen 5 3600 +21%
7182

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 2600 and ryzen 5 3600

General

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Vendor AMD AMD
Released April 13 2018 July 7 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen+ Matisse
Socket AM4 AM4
Integrated GPU - -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 3.9 GHz 4.2 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 3 MB 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 32 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Fabrication process 12 nm 7 nm, 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory types DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4 Dual-channel
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 46.933 GB/s 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Integrated Graphics - -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 2600 official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600?