AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3257 vs 2576
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21567 vs 17654

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Apr 2022 vs 30 Sep 2019
Maximum frequency	4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3257 vs 2576
PassMark - CPU mark	21567 vs 17654

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3257

2576

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

21567

17654

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
PassMark - Single thread mark	3257	2576
PassMark - CPU mark	21567	17654
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	5664

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 5600	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Zen 2
Launch date	20 Apr 2022	30 Sep 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	691	687
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		Ryzen 5
OPN Tray		100-000000029
Processor Number		PRO 3600
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.6 GHz
Die size	81 mm²
L1 cache	384 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	32 MB	32 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	4.4 GHz	4.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	6
Number of threads	12	12
Transistor count	4150 million
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory bandwidth		47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	20
PCI Express revision	4.0	4.0
PCIe configurations		1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)