AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 1700 with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +34%

1269

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

943

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +14%

9245

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

8046

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +62%

1640

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

1007

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +62%

7084

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

4364

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +30%

1240

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

953

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +13%

7078

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

6212

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +29%

2565

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

1981

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +20%

17685

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

14717

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Mar 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Zen

AM4

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

39.74 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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