AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 vs AMD A8-7670K

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 and AMD A8-7670K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 PRO 3600

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2474 vs 1493
  • 5.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17202 vs 3213
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2474 vs 1493
PassMark - CPU mark 17202 vs 3213

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7670K

  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 4 MB vs 3 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
CPU 2: AMD A8-7670K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2474
1493
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17202
3213
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 AMD A8-7670K
PassMark - Single thread mark 2474 1493
PassMark - CPU mark 17202 3213
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 126.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.072
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1882
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1882
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7326

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 AMD A8-7670K

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2
Family Ryzen 5 AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 30 Sep 2019
OPN Tray 100-000000029
Place in performance rating 849 888
Processor Number PRO 3600
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN PIB AD767KXBJCSBX
Series AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 72.40°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12 4
Unlocked
Compute Cores 10
Number of GPU cores 6

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported AM4 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution Near Silent 95W

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
PowerTune
TrueAudio

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 757 MHz
iGPU core count 512
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan