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Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 3600 leads on 3 of 6 shared benchmarks (20% in Cinebench R23 multi); the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U takes 3 (6% in Cinebench R23 single).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600 and the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
cores 66
threads 1212
base clock ghz 3.62.3
boost clock ghz 4.24.3
tdp w 6515
memory bus Dual-channel—
l2 cache mb —3
l3 cache mb 3216
process nm 77
socket AMD Socket AM4FP6

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, Laptophia, CGDirector, GadgetVersus, TopCPU, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser, Technical.city, CpuTronic and PassMark; 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 3600AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
7-Zip 18.03 multi (MIPS) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —35,812 MIPS
Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU (seconds, lower is better) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —788
Cinebench 2024 multi (higher is better)
Source: Laptophia, Notebookcheck		 —400 points
Cinebench 2024 single (higher is better)
Source: Laptophia, Notebookcheck		 —79 points
Cinebench R20 multi (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —2,827 points
Cinebench R20 single (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —507 points
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck, TopCPU, Laptophia, CPU-Monkey		 9,073 points7,572 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, GadgetVersus, Notebookcheck, Laptophia, CPU-Monkey		 1,245 points1,314 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, TopCPU, Technical.city, GadgetVersus, Laptophia, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey		 7,067 points6,553 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser, TopCPU, Technical.city, GadgetVersus, Laptophia, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey		 1,532 points1,864 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 17,660 points15,449 pts
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —2,899 points

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3600 or the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U?

The Ryzen 5 3600 leads on 3 of 6 shared benchmarks (20% in Cinebench R23 multi); the AMD Ryzen 5 7430U takes 3 (6% in Cinebench R23 single).

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