AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2575 vs 2257
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17692 vs 16908
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 vs September 2018
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L3 cache 32 MB vs 16 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2575 vs 2257
PassMark - CPU mark 17692 vs 16908

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
L1 cache 768 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 3 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2575
2257
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17692
16908
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2575 2257
PassMark - CPU mark 17692 16908

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Family Ryzen 5 AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 30 Sep 2019 September 2018
OPN Tray 100-000000029 YD27BXBAM88AF
Place in performance rating 687 848
Processor Number PRO 3600
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
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™)