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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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Intel Core i3 9100 Cpu
Intel Core i3 9100
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Intel Core i5 7400 Cpu
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Intel Core i5 9400F Cpu
Intel Core i5 9400F
Editiorial reviews
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4.8 out of 5
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4.1 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM4LGA 1151LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.6 GHz3.6 GHz3.0 GHz2.9 GHz
Max turbo speed4.2 GHz4.2 GHz3.5 GHz4.1 GHz
Number of cores6446
Number of threads12446
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W65.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Idle states
N/A
yesyesyes
Bus type
N/A
N/A
DMI3DMI3

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyesno
TypeNot availableIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 630Not available
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
350.0 MHz350.0 MHz
N/A
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
12.012.0
N/A

Memory

Cache32 MB6 MB6 MB9 MB
Cache typeL3Smart CacheSmart CacheSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor3200.0 MHz2400.0 MHz
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
64.0 GB64.0 GB128.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
37.5 GB/s
N/A
41.6 GB/s

Thermals

Cooler includedyesnoyesno
Thermal specification
N/A
212.0 °F212.0 °F212.0 °F

Features

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161616
Thermal monitoring technologies
N/A
yesyesyes
Supported instruction sets
N/A
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bit
N/A
yesyesyes
Scalability
N/A
1S1S1S

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