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AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U vs Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

49 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U
AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U against the 1.9 GHz Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U. 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 5850U and 6850U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7 nanometers
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U
vs
Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 953.7 MB/sec 708.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.7 Klines/sec 44.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 184.5 pages/sec 140.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 260 Mpixels/sec 215.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 203.6 pages/sec 200.3 pages/sec
Background blur 37.3 images/sec 31.1 images/sec
Photo processing 69.1 images/sec 57 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.2 Mpixels/sec 11.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1170 & 1041 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 78.6 GOps/sec 65.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 42.6 GOps/sec 34.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26.5M Strings/sec 21.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.8 GBytes/sec 12.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 247.6 MBytes/sec 198.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 985 Frames/sec 735 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 694 & 1129 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.7 PPW 31.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 304.2 PPW 467.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 732.7 PPW 1096.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.37 PPW 8.17 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 7 Pro 6850U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-21 (Jonathan)Cinebench 202480 / 546
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-11 (Kartoffeln)Cinebench 202482 / 582
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-11 (Kartoffeln)Cinebench 202481 / 468
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AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 -> nguyentsGeekbench 6 CPU1798 / 7686
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U and Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 20, 2022 March 16, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M Radeon RX Vega 8
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (115th and 144th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 19x
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) 15-28 W (configurable) 15 W
Socket FP7 FP6
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 12 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U +70%
3.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Radeon 680M

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.3 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U official page AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
33 (73.3%)
12 (26.7%)
Total votes: 45

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Comments

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