AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 4.8 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2654 vs 2154
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18216 vs 8508
Specifications (specs)
Launch date March 2019 vs 10 May 2018
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm FinFET
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2654 vs 2154
PassMark - CPU mark 18216 vs 8508

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2654
2154
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18216
8508
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2654 2154
PassMark - CPU mark 18216 8508
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1240
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6918
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 393.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 208.928
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1858
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1994
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1858
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1994
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5566

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Raven Ridge
Launch date March 2019 10 May 2018
Place in performance rating 1068 243
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD240BC5M4MFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 4 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 96K (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm FinFET
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 8
Transistor count 4800 million 4950 million
Unlocked
Compute Cores 15
Die size 210 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Number of GPU cores 11

Memory

Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 46-65 Watt
Thermal Solution Wraith Stealth

Advanced Technologies

Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD SenseMI
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1250 MHz
iGPU core count 11
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 11 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0