AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Ryzen 5 5600H

46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 6600H against the 3.3 GHz Ryzen 5 5600H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600H and 6600H
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8529
File compression 857 MB/sec 604.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.5 Klines/sec 53.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169.7 pages/sec 109.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 223.8 Mpixels/sec 175.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 208.8 pages/sec 194.4 pages/sec
Background blur 41.6 images/sec 32.8 images/sec
Photo processing 73.7 images/sec 47.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1041 & 459 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18081
Integer math 63.2 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.9 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 49M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.2M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.8 GBytes/sec 12.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 222.9 MBytes/sec 204.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 848 Frames/sec 712 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.4B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1976 & 6703 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
132.39
117.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.3 PPW 8.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 189.5 PPW 125.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 401.8 PPW 303 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.94 PPW 2.17 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Reitz)Cinebench 202487 / 597
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (SamsulGG15)Geekbench 6 CPU2051 / 9242
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Elitube)Geekbench 6 CPU1820 / 6311
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-10 (Swaddy)Geekbench 6 CPU2024 / 8943
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 -> mayankdhamiCinebench 202477 / 451
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhana)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7626
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhachi)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7436
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Juu)Geekbench 6 CPU1888 / 7373
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-03 (bluntking)Cinebench 202479 / 451

Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 5 5600H

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Radeon 660M Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 12600H - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (132nd and 151st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 33x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 6 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket FP7 FP6
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 660M Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 384 448
TMUs 24 28
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 6 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 6600H official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H or Ryzen 5 6600H?
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D.O December 19, 2022 at 02:19 PM
Expect a 10-20% performance gap. But go for the newer version for DDR5 RAM.
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