AMD Ryzen 5 6600U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 6600U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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 6600U
1493
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1172
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
9828
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
n/a
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
3149
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
16545
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Integer Math60.3 GOps/s45.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math32.8 GOps/s26.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search51 M primes/s26 M primes/s
Random String Sort20.3 M strings/s19.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.3 GB/s10.5 GB/s
Data Compression191.6 MB/s175.6 MB/s
Physics832 frames/s534 frames/s
Extended Instructions125 M matrices/s109 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
1947
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
7212
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
File Compression837.1 MB/s504.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation52.4 KLines/s32.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser169.3 pages/s103.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering219.6 MP/sec151.5 MP/sec
Text Processing198.7 pages/s124.6 pages/s
Background Blur33.6 frames/s27.2 frames/s
Photo Processing73.2 frames/s49.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing12.9 MP/sec8.97 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
120.88
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 257.6 PPW 210.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 590.9 PPW 516.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 14.7 PPW
Blender / W 4.32 PPW 3.68 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced January, 4, 2022 January, 12, 2021
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Integrated GPU Radeon 660M Radeon RX Vega 7

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 2.9 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.5 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier29x21x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 6 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 15-28 W 10-25 W
Socket FP7 FP6
Critical temp. 95 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max Size 64 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 12

Results

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