AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 AMD Phenom II - 800/900
• Family
  Ryzen AMD Phenom II
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  3 4
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 2600 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.2 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 970 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR2-1066
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 x16 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Phenom II X4 970 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 125 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Phenom II X4 970, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Deneb (K10)
• Codename
  Matisse -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE3, SSE4a
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 6 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  100-100000031BOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  100-100000031MPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000031 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2019-07-07 Q3/2010
• Socket
  AM4 AM3
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 45 nm
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V