amd ryzen 5 5500 vs amd ryzen 5 3600
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (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.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Newer released 3 years later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | April 4 2022 | July 7 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Cezanne | Matisse |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | - |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 32 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm, 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 65 W |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Memory Size | GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Integrated Graphics | - |
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3 | |
| PCI Express Lanes |