AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Opteron X3421. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Opteron
• Generation
  3 0
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 AMD Opteron X3000
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 2600 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 2.10 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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 AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Toronto)
• GPU frequency
  0.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  8
• Shader
  512
• Max. displays
  3

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Opteron X3421 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD Opteron X3421 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 35 W
• TDP down
  -- 12 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, AMD-Vt
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  32.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Toronto (Excavator)
• Technology
  7 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  AM4 FP4
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q2/2015
• Part Number
  -- OX3421AAY43KA