amd ryzen 5 3600 vs amd ryzen 7 5700u

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (Laptop) 8-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.

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 3600 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Newer released 2019 years later
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4 Dual-channel RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Consumes up to 77% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 – 15 vs 65 Watt
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.3 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1311
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9524
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2637
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
17827
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1261
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
7182

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 3600 and ryzen 7 5700u

General

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Vendor AMD AMD
Released July 7 2019 January 7 2021
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Matisse Lucienne U
Socket AM4 FP6
Integrated GPU - AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Base Frequency 3.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB (shared) 8 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Fabrication process 7 nm, 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 15 W
Max. temperature °C 105°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Memory types DDR4 Dual-channel DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Integrated Graphics - AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Shading Units 512
TMUs 32
ROPs 8
TGP W 15 W

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U or AMD Ryzen 5 3600?