AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
AMD
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
7 nm
Socket
AM4
AM4
Power Consumption
95 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
90 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
142 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
—
125 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
6
6
Total Thread Count
12
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
38x
30
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,534
1,932
Geekbench 5
1,323
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Geekbench 6
6,388
8,204
Geekbench 5
7,338
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Passmark CPU
2,636
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Passmark CPU
18,224
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Cinebench R23
—
1,379
Cinebench R23
—
9,804
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.