AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600U, not to be confused with Intel's Core i7-5600U, is a fairly fast Cezanne family processor designed for use in thinner, lighter laptops. The R5 5600U integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture and is the third fastest U-series processor at launch. The cores are clocked at 2.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.2 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 12 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process.

The new Zen 3 microarchitecture offers a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to Zen 2. For desktop processors AMD claims 19 percent on average and in applications reviews showed around 12% gains at the same clock speed.

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics card with 7 CUs at up to 1800 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 16 MB level 3 cache (up from 8 MB at the 4800U) can be found on the chip.

Performance

The Ryzen 5 is a solid upper mid-range CPU, considerong its multi-thread benchmark scores nearly match those of Intel Core i5-11400H (the latter being a much more power-hungry hexa-core processor designed for use in gaming laptops). While not nearly as fast as 12th gen Alder Lake-P chips, this Ryzen will happily satisfy the needs of the vast majority of users.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 has a default TDP of 15 W, a value that laptop manufacturers are allowed to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Choosing the lowest value possible will allow for a passively cooled design. Most laptop manufacturers, however, will go for a higher value to achieve a higher performance level.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is built with TSMC's 7 nm process for very decent, as of mid-2022, energy efficiency.

Series	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Codename	Cezanne-U (Zen 3)
Series: Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) Cezanne-U (Zen 3) AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 1.9 - 4.4 GHz 8 / 16  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 5600U « 2.3 - 4.2 GHz 6 / 12  16 MB L3
Clock Rate	2300 - 4200 MHz
Level 1 Cache	384 KB
Level 2 Cache	3 MB
Level 3 Cache	16 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	6 / 12
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	25 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	7 nm
Max. Temperature	105 °C
Socket	FP6
Features	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/07/2021
Product Link (external)	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) R5 5600U

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