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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Atom C3538
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz
Intel Atom C3538
25 %
4C / 4T · 2.10 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Atom C3538
24 %
4C / 4T · 2.10 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
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Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | Intel Atom C3538 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) | Intel Atom (108) |
| CPU group | AMD Ryzen 5000U (13) | Intel Atom C3000 (20) |
| Architecture | Cezanne (Zen 3) | Denverton |
| Technology | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | FP6 | BGA 1310 |
| Predecessor | AMD Ryzen 5 4600U | |
| Successor | AMD Ryzen 5 6600U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | Intel Atom C3538 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 6x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 2.30 GHz | 2.10 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.20 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.60 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 16.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | Intel Atom C3538 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.80 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 7 / 448 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | Intel Atom C3538 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | Intel Atom C3538 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) LPDDR4-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | 3.0 x 12 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | Intel Atom C3538 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600U | Intel Atom C3538 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q1/2021 | Q3/2017 |
| Release price | 75 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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