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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      139%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      140%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      138%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 40% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 38% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 39% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3600

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    SMT
    Precision Boost 2
    3DNow!
    CnQ
    NX bit

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZen 2vsZen
    Release DateMar 2019vsApr 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    Cores6vs6
    Threads12vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackagevsuPGA
    Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
    Process7 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      4928 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      3960 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
      29514 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      25766 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
      206.31
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      147

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (simulated)
      1575.75
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      1134

    points - higher is better

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