CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

CORE STATE Matisse

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.8 Base / 4.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 32 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 2

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2019

VS

A

AMD

AMD

Ryzen 9 270

CORE STATE Hawk Point

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,555

2,664

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

219

376

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

6,480

11,103

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

914

1,567

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

15,430

26,438

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,178

3,732

geekbench_multicore

7,090

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,667

N/A

passmark_data_compression

224,318

377,029

passmark_data_encryption

14,255

22,636

passmark_extended_instructions

14,773

28,936

passmark_find_prime_numbers

110

90

passmark_floating_point_math

29,339

63,640

passmark_integer_math

49,934

103,292

passmark_multithread

18,154

31,104

passmark_physics

1,186

1,479

passmark_random_string_sorting

24,343

46,810

passmark_single_thread

2,649

3,970

passmark_singlethread

2,649

3,970

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

5 3600X

9 270

Core Specs

Cores

6

8 +33.3%

Threads

12

16 +33.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

4 +5.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.4

5.2 +18.2%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

4 +5.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.4

5.2 +18.2%

Multiplier

38

40 +5.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

32 MB (shared)

16 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

45 -52.6%

PPT

128 W

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Configurable TDP

—

35-54 W

Architecture

Architecture

Zen 2

Zen 4

Codename

Matisse

Hawk Point

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Process Size

7 nm

4 nm

Transistors

3,800 million

25,000 million

Die Size

74 mm²

178 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

AMD Socket FP8

Chipsets

A300, X300, A320, B350, X370, B450, X470, A520, B550, X570

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PCIe

Gen 4

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

12 nm

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AI/NPU

XDNA NPU

—

16 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Radeon 780M

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$249

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Part Number

100-000000022

100-000001836

Package

µOPGA-1331

FP8, FP7, FP7r2

Tj Max

—

100°C

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