Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 5 3600 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 3600 is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3500U on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 34% to 182%, including 163% in Cinebench R23 multi (9,073 vs 3,451).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3500U and the Ryzen 5 3600. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 5 3500U

4 cores15W TDP2019

Full Ryzen 5 3500U benchmarks →

AMD

Ryzen 5 3600

6 cores65W TDP

Full Ryzen 5 3600 benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 3500U	Ryzen 5 3600
cores	4	6
threads	8	12
base clock ghz	2.1	3.6
boost clock ghz	3.7	4.2
tdp w	15	65
memory bus	—	Dual-channel
l3 cache mb	4	32
process nm	12	7
socket	AMD Socket FP5	AMD Socket AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from CGDirector, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey, Technical.city, HardwareDB, Geekbench Browser, PassMark and HWBOT; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 3500U	Ryzen 5 3600
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey	3,451 points	9,073 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus, CPU-Monkey	784 points	1,245 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Technical.city, HardwareDB, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser	2,505 points	7,067 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Technical.city, HardwareDB, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser	875 points	1,532 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	6,807 points	17,660 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	1,909 points	2,559 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	1,900 points	2,558 points
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	2,558 points
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	—	49 seconds

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3500U or the Ryzen 5 3600?

The Ryzen 5 3600 is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3500U on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 34% to 182%, including 163% in Cinebench R23 multi (9,073 vs 3,451).