AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Ryzen
• Generation
  3 3
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 2500X AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• 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 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  6 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz 4 GHz
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.2 GHz

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
  no iGPU None
• 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 Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  - DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  20 20
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0 x16
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD Ryzen 5 3600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Matisse (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 32 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2019 2019-07-07
• Socket
  AM4 AM4
• Technology
  7 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Matisse
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 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
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth