AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
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 5 5500U
1172
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
1094
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
7523
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
68
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
485
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
2382
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
13894
Integer Math45.5 GOps/s47.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math26.2 GOps/s24.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Search26 M primes/s38 M primes/s
Random String Sort19.1 M strings/s22.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption10.5 GB/s13.1 GB/s
Data Compression175.6 MB/s198.8 MB/s
Physics534 frames/s695 frames/s
Extended Instructions109 M matrices/s76 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
1272
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
5577
File Compression504.2 MB/s528.6 MB/s
Clang Compilation32.5 KLines/s46 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser103.5 pages/s133.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering151.5 MP/sec172.1 MP/sec
Text Processing124.6 pages/s112.6 pages/s
Background Blur27.2 frames/s24.5 frames/s
Photo Processing49.8 frames/s52.9 frames/s
Ray Tracing8.97 MP/sec9.89 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 210.6 PPW 58.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 516.1 PPW 146.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 14.7 PPW 5.1 PPW
Blender / W 3.68 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 12, 2021 April, 19, 2018
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Lucienne) n/a
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 2.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4 GHz 4.2 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache8 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.8 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 95 W
Socket FP6 AM4
Critical temp. 105 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-2933
Max Size 32 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 43.71 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 20

Results

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