AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Cezanne generation. 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.

With the increased clock speed and IPC improvements thanks to Zen 3, the Ryzen 5 5600U should be clearly faster than the lower clocked Ryzen 5 4500U.

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.

The TDP of the APU is specified at 15 Watt (default) and can be configured from 10 to 25 Watt by the laptop vendor (most chips are configured higher than 15 Watt). That means the chip is intended for thin and light laptops (but with fans).

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 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 1.9 - 4.4 GHz 8 / 16 16 MB » AMD Ryzen 5 5600U 2.3 - 4.2 GHz 6 / 12 16 MB AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 2.3 - 4.2 GHz 6 / 12 16 MB AMD Ryzen 3 5400U 2.6 - 4 GHz 4 / 8 8 MB AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 2.6 - 4 GHz 4 / 8 8 MB
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)	15 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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