AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-540M

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket G1
Foundry TSMC Intel
Process size 7 nm 32 nm
Transistors 3,800 million 382 million
Die size 74 mm² 81 mm²
Package µOPGA-1331 rPGA
tCaseMax 95°C —

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.2 GHz up to 3.073 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 65 W 35 W
FP32 1,209.6 GFLOPS —

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 7th, 2019 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Matisse Arrandale
Generation Ryzen 5 Core i5
Part 100-000000031 unknown
Memory support DDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 4 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 2
Total Threads 12 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics — —

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 32MB (shared) 3MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. 177M GPU Transistors

Features & Technologies

AES Yes —
AES-NI — Yes
AMD-V Yes —
AMD64 Yes —
AVX Yes —
AVX2 Yes —
BMI1 Yes —
BMI2 Yes —
EIST — Yes
EVP Yes —
F16C Yes —
FMA3 Yes —
HTT — Yes
Intel 64 — Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost 2 Yes —
SHA Yes —
SMAP Yes —
SMEP Yes —
SMT Yes —
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes —
SSSE3 Yes Yes
Smart Cache — Yes
TXT — Yes
Turbo Boost — Yes
VT-d — Yes
VT-x — Yes
XD bit — Yes

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