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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is a six-core desktop processor that can handle twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). This technology is equivalent to Intel's Hyper-Threading. Launched in April 2018, the Ryzen 5 2600 is the second fastest Ryzen 5 processor and is much more economical than its flagship sibling. The Ryzen 5 2600 has a 65 W TDP, which is nearly 40% more efficient than the 95 W TDP Ryzen 5 2600 X. This energy efficiency comes at a cost to performance though.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has a base clock speed of 3.4 GHz, which can be boosted by Extended Frequency Range (XFR) up to 3.9 GHz. The power gain is still high in multi-threaded applications, although this is some way off the Ryzen 5 2600X. The Ryzen 5 2600 benefits from AMD's new Zen+ architecture, with a greater number of instructions per cycle (IPC) and higher clock speeds than last year's Zen chips. The Ryzen 5 2600's six cores are divided into two clusters that are connected by Infinity Fabric, a subset of HyperTransport. Each cluster has its own L3 cache.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has good performance in games. Moreover, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a higher base clock than the Ryzen 7 2700. Seeing as many games currently lack multi-core support, this means that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than its technically superior sibling.

Detailed information, benchmarks and values can be found in our review of the Ryzen 5 2600.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

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The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is a mobile SoC for business laptops that was announced in April  2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.1 - 3.7 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics card with 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1200 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops. Compared to the similar consumer variant Ryzen 5 3500U, the PRO model features additional management and security features (e.g., full memory encryption) and longer warranty / availability.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

AMD states that the Picasso APUs are about 8% faster than the predecessors. Therefore, the Ryzen 5 3500U should be ahead the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U (2 - 3.6 GHz) and nearly on par with the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U (2.2 - 3.8 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

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The AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.1 GHz to 3.7 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics adapter with 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1,200 MHz. Compared to the similar Ryzen 5 3500U, the 3550H offers a 20 Watt higher TDP and therefore a better performance under long periods of load. The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12 nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

Performance

The average 3550H in our database proves to be a solid mid-range CPU, its multi-thread benchmark scores hovering close to those of the Intel Core i7-10710U and the Core i5-8257U. Which is a little slow for an H-class processor, as of late 2021, but still more than enough for the vast majority of apps and games, provided one is fine with having to wait a little longer than usual for that 4K video encoding job to get completed.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and sufficiently high CPU power limits, the Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng is among the fastest laptops powered by the 3550H that we know of. It can be more than 20% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 35 W. Laptop makers are free to reduce that value significantly with 12 W being the minimum AMD-recommended value. Clock speeds and performance would take a hit as a result; either way, that's a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Last but not the least, the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is built with a 12 nm process for lower-than-average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500UAMD Ryzen 5 3550H
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+)Zen+Picasso-U (Zen+)
Clock3400 - 3900 MHz2100 - 3700 MHz2100 - 3700 MHz
L2 Cache3 MB2 MB2 MB
L3 Cache16 MB4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 124 / 84 / 8
TDP65 Watt15 Watt35 Watt
Transistors4940 Million4500 Million4500 Million
Technology12 nm12 nm12 nm
Die Size213 mm2
max. Temp.95 °C105 °C
SocketAM4 (LGA1331)AM4FP5
FeaturesDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Picasso-U (Zen+)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U « 2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H « 2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
L1 Cache384 KB384 KB
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 2600
29.7 pt (41%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 PRO 3500U
26.2 pt (36%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 3550H
26.7 pt (37%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 3646     avg: 3930     median: 3929.5 (4%)     max: 4213 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 850     avg: 886     median: 886 (38%)     max: 922 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
380 Points (42%)
min: 354     avg: 361.5     median: 361.5 (40%)     max: 369 Points
min: 331     avg: 354.3     median: 359 (40%)     max: 370 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2793 Points (7%)
min: 1328     avg: 1339     median: 1338.5 (3%)     max: 1349 Points
min: 1421     avg: 1596     median: 1621 (4%)     max: 1728 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1245     avg: 1254     median: 1248 (8%)     max: 1270 Points
min: 611     avg: 624     median: 624 (4%)     max: 637 Points
min: 635     avg: 717     median: 742 (5%)     max: 769 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 155.9     avg: 157.4     median: 157.3 (47%)     max: 159 Points
min: 140     avg: 142     median: 142 (43%)     max: 144 Points
min: 77     avg: 137.9     median: 144 (43%)     max: 146 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 R5 2600 +
13.7 Points (18%)
8.6 Points (11%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 R5 2600 +
1.8 Points (44%)
1.7 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 R5 2600 +
4726 Points (29%)
min: 4575     avg: 5413     median: 4592 (28%)     max: 7893 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 R5 2600 +
28173 Points (20%)
min: 19002     avg: 19535     median: 19520.5 (14%)     max: 20097 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 R5 2600 +
45033 Points (31%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 R5 2600 +
8024 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
140.9 s (2%)
209.2 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
5.5 s (1%)
7.7 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 R5 2600 +
4517 Points (7%)
2929 Points (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
30898 MIPS (18%)
min: 15910     avg: 16221     median: 16220.5 (9%)     max: 16531 MIPS
min: 16683     avg: 17967     median: 17978 (10%)     max: 19409 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4020 MIPS (48%)
min: 3432     avg: 3474     median: 3474 (42%)     max: 3516 MIPS
min: 3472     avg: 3554     median: 3547.5 (42%)     max: 3652 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 R5 2600 +
75 fps (26%)
44.3 fps (15%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 R5 2600 +
205.3 fps (47%)
146.8 fps (34%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 7.79     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (14%)     max: 7.82 fps
min: 3.36     avg: 3.5     median: 3.5 (6%)     max: 3.6 fps
min: 3.7     avg: 4.1     median: 4 (7%)     max: 4.43 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 R5 2600 +
0.7 GB/s (0%)
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 R5 2600 +
1 GB/s (17%)
0.7 GB/s (12%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 R5 2600 +
7.5 GB/s (20%)
4.7 GB/s (12%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
1297 Seconds (17%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 374.2     avg: 375     median: 375 (3%)     max: 375.7 Seconds
min: 786     avg: 796     median: 795.5 (6%)     max: 805 Seconds
min: 612     avg: 675     median: 659 (5%)     max: 759 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.7 sec (14%)
0.8 sec (17%)
min: 0.732     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.752 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 R5 2600 +
9290 Points (20%)
min: 7123     avg: 7227     median: 7174 (15%)     max: 7385 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
11.2 s (2%)
11.9 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
24.3 s (1%)
27.7 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
615 s (3%)
695 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 R5 2600 +
43794 Points (38%)
24607 Points (22%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12405 Points (34%)
min: 5150     avg: 5781     median: 5781 (16%)     max: 6412 Points
min: 6321     avg: 6969     median: 6803 (18%)     max: 7724 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
69692 Points (57%)
43514 Points (35%)
min: 52657     avg: 54549     median: 54658 (44%)     max: 56221 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 R5 2600 +
69478 Points (56%)
min: 53643     avg: 54868     median: 55096 (45%)     max: 56566 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 R5 2600 +
70522 Points (59%)
min: 60469     avg: 61391     median: 61297 (52%)     max: 62057 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
11219 Points (28%)
min: 5629     avg: 5860     median: 5859.5 (15%)     max: 6090 Points
min: 2848     avg: 6157     median: 6734.5 (17%)     max: 8124 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
17063 Points (30%)
min: 8547     avg: 8809     median: 8808.5 (16%)     max: 9070 Points
min: 10096     avg: 10671     median: 10554 (19%)     max: 11617 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6265 Points (26%)
min: 2595     avg: 2638     median: 2638 (11%)     max: 2681 Points
min: 2996     avg: 3268     median: 3363 (14%)     max: 3534 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1014     avg: 1119     median: 1118.5 (47%)     max: 1223 Points
863 Points (36%)
min: 880     avg: 896     median: 899 (38%)     max: 907 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5767     avg: 6070     median: 6069.5 (11%)     max: 6372 Points
2824 Points (5%)
min: 3162     avg: 3316     median: 3281 (6%)     max: 3486 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 R5 2600 +
1020 Points (4%)
min: 806     avg: 886     median: 902 (4%)     max: 914 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 R5 2600 +
5885 Points (19%)
min: 3034     avg: 3238     median: 3250 (10%)     max: 3562 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4631     avg: 5109     median: 5109 (51%)     max: 5587 Points
3820 Points (38%)
min: 3623     avg: 3797     median: 3807 (38%)     max: 3938 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 20633     avg: 23018     median: 23018 (26%)     max: 25403 Points
10419 Points (12%)
min: 11183     avg: 12118     median: 11926 (13%)     max: 13441 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13474     avg: 14342     median: 14437 (26%)     max: 15114 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3348     avg: 3420     median: 3353 (65%)     max: 3558 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
951 ms (1%)
min: 1097     avg: 1211     median: 1211 (1%)     max: 1325 ms
min: 1042     avg: 1145     median: 1173 (1%)     max: 1229 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
117.8 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 27185     avg: 27437     median: 27437 (25%)     max: 27689 Points
min: 28324     avg: 28827     median: 28811.5 (26%)     max: 29361 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
124.3 Points (36%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
179 Points (37%)
142 Points (30%)
min: 151.3     avg: 161.1     median: 162 (34%)     max: 174 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
832 Points (32%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
157.5 Watt (27%)
min: 39.9     avg: 50.3     median: 50.3 (9%)     max: 60.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
149.5 Watt (27%)
35.2 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
11.2 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 R5 2600 +
8.5 Points per Watt (6%)
18.3 Points per Watt (14%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 2600 → 100% n=20

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U → 67% n=20

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 3550H → 73% n=20

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