Product Compare

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7 8550U

	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	CPU Intel Core i7 8550U
General Parameters
Release Date	Jul 2019	Aug 2017
Manufacturer	AMD	Intel
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Zen 2	Kaby Lake R
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 620
Processor Number		i7-8550U
Package
Transistor Count	3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process	7 nm	14 nm
Socket	AM4	BGA-1356
Power Consumption	95 W	15 W
Peak Operating Temperature	95 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	4
Performance Core Threads	12	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.4 GHz	4 GHz
Total Core Count	6	4
Total Thread Count	12	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	38x	18x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	512 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	32 MB shared	8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size	128 GB	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	16	12
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1150 MHz
Shader Units		192
Texture Units		24
Raster Operation Units		3
Execution Units		24
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1534	1153
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1323	966
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6388	2890
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	7338	2960
Passmark CPU Single Core	2636	2059
Passmark CPU Multi Core	18224	5894