AMD Ryzen 3 8440U vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 3 8440U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 3 8440U and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U
1610
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
1493
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U
9089
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
9828
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U
3648
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
3149
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U
12805
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
16545
Integer Math37.5 GOps/s60.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math23 GOps/s32.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search43 M primes/s51 M primes/s
Random String Sort17.7 M strings/s20.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption8 GB/s12.3 GB/s
Data Compression146.3 MB/s191.6 MB/s
Physics685 frames/s832 frames/s
Extended Instructions111 M matrices/s125 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U
2407
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
1947
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U
6980
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
7212
File Compressionn/a837.1 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a52.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a169.3 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a219.6 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a198.7 pages/s
Background Blurn/a33.6 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a73.2 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a12.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 3 8440U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
120.88

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 232.7 PPW 257.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 426.8 PPW 590.9 PPW
Blender / W n/a 4.32 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced December, 6, 2023 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Radeon 660M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 1 6
Threads 2 12
Frequency 3.0 GHz 2.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores3n/a
Threads6n/a
Frequency2.8 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count46
Threads count812
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier30x29x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 20.9 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 15-28 W
Socket FP8 FP7
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 14 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 6600U the clear winner in this comparison.

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