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Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 5 3600

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 555 days older than Ryzen 5 5500U.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

  • Consumes up to 77% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - 15 vs 65 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600

  • Performs up to 11% better in F1 23 than Ryzen 5 5500U - 234 vs 211 FPS
This is a free version of F1 23.
F1 23

F1 23

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

211

90%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

234

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.43/FPS

100%

Price, £

£100.48

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3

Buy for £100.48 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 37 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


Single-Core

1292

81%

Multi-Core

4612

67%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

vs

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Jan 12th, 2021
Release DateJul 7th, 2019
Ryzen 5CollectionRyzen 5
LucienneCodenameMatisse
AMD Socket FP6SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
6Cores6
12Threads12
2.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
15 W
TDP65 W
7 nmProcess Size7 nm
21.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Radeon Graphics 448SP
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

PC Builds Using Ryzen 5 5500U or Ryzen 5 3600

F1 23, 1920 x 1080, Ultra High

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