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Pentium 3556U vs Ryzen 5 3600

Pentium 3556U vs Ryzen 5 3600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Pentium 3556U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 2135 days newer than Pentium 3556U.

Advantages of Intel Pentium 3556U

  • 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 15% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Pentium 3556U - 190 vs 165 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 3556U - 12 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0.
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

165

87%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


FPS

190

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.53/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 223 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 3556U Logo
Pentium 3556U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

313

20%

Multi-Core

516

7%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Logo
Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1597

100%

Multi-Core

6884

100%

Intel Pentium 3556U

vs

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Jul 7th, 2019
PentiumCollectionRyzen 5
HaswellCodenameMatisse
Intel BGA 1168SocketAMD Socket AM4
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
1.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.2 GHz
15 W
TDP65 W
22 nmProcess Size
7 nm
17.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Intel HD
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

PC Builds Using Pentium 3556U or Ryzen 5 3600

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, 1920 x 1080, Extreme

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