AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-3570K

AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel Core i5-3570K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i5-3570K

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3570K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

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 3600Intel Core i5-3570K
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
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-3570K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZen 2vsIvy Bridge
Release DateMar 2019vsApr 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-3570K
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-3570K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-3570K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-3570K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock4400 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevs1.2 V
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    4928 points
  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    3914 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    29514 points
  • Intel Core i5-3570K
    14008 points

Points - higher is better