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AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Ryzen 5 3600

38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
VS
39 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4500 against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 3600. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
97.4
(Very good)
Value Index
104.9
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 3600 and 4500
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500
  • Newer - released 2 years and 10 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 4500
vs
Ryzen 5 3600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 388
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2039
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 4500
1580
Ryzen 5 3600 +5%
1662
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 4500
6777
Ryzen 5 3600 +7%
7249
File compression 586.6 MB/sec 660.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 59.5 Klines/sec 59 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 146.6 pages/sec 146 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 206.7 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 144.5 pages/sec 143.3 pages/sec
Background blur 37.8 images/sec 37 images/sec
Photo processing 57 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1134 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 4500 +1%
2585
Ryzen 5 3600
2559
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 4500
15946
Ryzen 5 3600 +11%
17667
Integer math 49.4 GOps/sec 48.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 29.2 GOps/sec 28.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 33M Primes/sec 109M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.8M Strings/sec 23.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.4 GBytes/sec 13.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 226.8 MBytes/sec 219.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 715 Frames/sec 1146 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 14.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2538 & 37442 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 4500
125.61
Ryzen 5 3600 +8%
135.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.4 PPW 7.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 104.3 PPW 111.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 245.3 PPW 271.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.93 PPW 2.09 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-16 (abdou)Cinebench 2026388 / 2039
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-03-31 (Ike)Cinebench 202470 / 517
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-16 -> JeromeneilCinebench 202471 / 511
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-02 (BeastAsLow)Cinebench 202464 / 479
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-17 (RandomStorm)Cinebench 202472 / 419
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and Ryzen 5 3600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 4, 2022 July 7, 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Zen 2 (Matisse)
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 10500 -
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (164th and 163rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 9.8 billions 3.8 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (153rd and 152nd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
4 (14.8%)
23 (85.2%)
Total votes: 27

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Comments

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