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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Ryzen 5 6600U

33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
VS
45 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-cores against the 2.9 GHz Ryzen 5 6600U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6600U and 7520U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • Newer - released 9 months later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 660M integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 53% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1947 vs 1270 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7520U
vs
Ryzen 5 6600U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Ryzen 5 6600U +53%
1947
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
Ryzen 5 6600U +71%
7212
File compression 394.8 MB/sec 837.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 27 Klines/sec 52.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 91.2 pages/sec 169.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 127.6 Mpixels/sec 219.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 114.6 pages/sec 198.7 pages/sec
Background blur 23 images/sec 33.6 images/sec
Photo processing 38.3 images/sec 73.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.38 Mpixels/sec 12.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1108 & 122 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
2376
Ryzen 5 6600U +30%
3089
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U
8925
Ryzen 5 6600U +89%
16884
Integer math 30.6 GOps/sec 60.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 14.7 GOps/sec 33.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 20M Primes/sec 51M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 14.2M Strings/sec 21.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 12.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 132 MBytes/sec 200.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 432 Frames/sec 821 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 6B Matrices/sec 13.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1843 & 91 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1
Ryzen 5 6600U +137%
120.88

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.6 PPW 19 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 281.3 PPW 257.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 595 PPW 603 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.41 PPW 4.32 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 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-13 (kot99)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Ryzen 5 6600U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released September 22, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 2 (Mendocino) Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Radeon 660M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1260P
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (174th and 139th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.8 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 29x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 6 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 15-28 W (configurable)
Socket FP6 FP7
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon 610M AMD Radeon 660M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 128 384
TMUs 8 24
ROPs 4 16
Execution Units 2 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 6600U +200%
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 660M compared to Radeon 610M

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-5500 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page AMD Ryzen 5 6600U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 4 20

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 7

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Comments

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