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Ryzen 5 3600 vs Ryzen 7 7730U — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 7730U leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (17% in Cinebench R23 multi); the Ryzen 5 3600 takes 2 (14% in Geekbench 6 multi).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3600 and the Ryzen 7 7730U. 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 3600Ryzen 7 7730U
cores 68
threads 1216
base clock ghz 3.62000
boost clock ghz 4.24.5
tdp w 6515
memory bus Dual-channelDual-channel
l3 cache mb 3216
process nm 77
socket AMD Socket AM4AMD Socket FP6

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, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey, 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 3600Ryzen 7 7730U
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey		 9,073 points10,620 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: CGDirector, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey		 1,245 points1,445 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: HardwareDB, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser		 7,067 points6,209 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: HardwareDB, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser		 1,532 points1,630 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 17,660 points17,281 points
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —2,930 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,559 points2,938 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 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 3600 or the Ryzen 7 7730U?

The Ryzen 7 7730U leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (17% in Cinebench R23 multi); the Ryzen 5 3600 takes 2 (14% in Geekbench 6 multi).

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