Intel Atom Z3735E vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Last updated: 2024-04-15

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Atom Z3735E		AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU comparison Intel Atom Z3735E or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Atom Z3735E has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.83 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom Z3735E was released in Q1/2014. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 was released in Q3/2019.

Intel Atom (108)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
Intel Atom Z3700 (16)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
4	Generation	3
Bay Trail	Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Atom Z3735E has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom Z3735E is 1.33 GHz (1.83 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is at 3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz).
Intel Atom Z3735E	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
4	Cores	6
4	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
1.33 GHz	Frequency	3.60 GHz
1.83 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.20 GHz
1.83 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Atom Z3735E	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Atom Z3735E or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)	GPU	no iGPU
0.31 GHz	GPU frequency	--
0.65 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
7	GPU Generation	--
22 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
4	Compute units	--
32	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
11.2	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Atom Z3735E can use up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 10.6 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
Intel Atom Z3735E	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
DDR3L-1333	Memory	DDR4-3200
1 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
10.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	32.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom Z3735E is 4 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Atom Z3735E	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
4 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Atom Z3735E is manufactured in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 32.00 MB cache.
Intel Atom Z3735E	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
22 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 138	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2014	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	185 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Atom Z3735E (15%)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Atom Z3735E (3%)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	172 (15%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1183 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	200 (3%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	6821 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	557 (3%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	17803 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	75 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	568 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1250 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	9150 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1541 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	6784 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	472 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	3570 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Atom Z3735E Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.65 GHz	41 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	140 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	235.7 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	488 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.33 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	3990 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	197 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 4C 4T @ 1.83 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1578 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Intel Atom Z3735E 1.33 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 9,150 CB R23 MC @ 87 W	105 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Atom Z3735E	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Unknown	One Gaming PC Ryzen 5 3600 Lenono IdeaCentre T540-15AMA G HP Pavilion Gaming TG01-0201ng schwarz (9HP03EA#ABD)

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