AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

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Ryzen 5 3600 compared with Ryzen 5 4500

	AMDRyzen 5 3600	AMDRyzen 5 4500
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	April 2022
Cores and clocks
Cores
Cores	6	6
Threads
Threads	12	12
Base clock
Base clock	3.6 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock
Boost clock	4.2 GHz (better)	4.1 GHz
L3 cache
L3 cache	32 MB (better)	8 MB
Cores
Cores	Zen 2; Matisse; simultaneous multithreading	Zen 2; Renoir; simultaneous multithreading
Clocks
Clocks	Unlocked for overclocking	–
Cache
Cache	L1 384 KB; L2 3 MB; L3 32 MB	L1 384 KB; L2 3 MB
Graphics and AI
Built-in graphics
Built-in graphics	No	No
Graphics
Graphics	No integrated graphics; a separate graphics card is required	A separate graphics card is required
Platform
Socket
Socket	AM4	AM4
Base power
Base power	65 W	65 W
Unlocked
Unlocked	Yes	Yes
Cooler in the box
Cooler in the box	Yes	Yes
Memory support
Memory support	DDR4; 2 memory channels; up to 3200 MT/s	DDR4 UDIMM; 2 memory channels; maximum 128 GB; up to 3200 MT/s with two DIMMs, 2933 MT/s with four single-rank DIMMs or 2667 MT/s with four dual-rank DIMMs; ECC unsupported
PCIe
PCIe	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0; 24 total and 20 usable native lanes; NVMe boot and RAID 0, 1 and 10
Process
Process	TSMC 7nm FinFET CPU cores	TSMC 7nm FinFET; one 180 mm² compute die
Cooler
Cooler	AMD Wraith Stealth; Tjmax 95°C	AMD Wraith Stealth included; Tjmax 95°C