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AMD Ryzen 5 6600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 6600U

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U is a processor for thin and light laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The Ryzen packs six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.9 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.5 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (12 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm process at TSMC. Compared to the similar R5 6600H, the 6600U offers a lower base clock speed and a lower TDP.

In the 6000 series, AMD finally switched to the current RDNA 2 graphics architecture for the iGPU. The 6600U only offers the small Radeon 660M with 6 of the 12 CUs enabled and 1.9 GHz max. clock rate.

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

Performance

The average 6600U in our database matches the Ryzen 7 5800U in multi-thread performance, making this Ryzen 5 series chip a great CPU for most activities as of mid 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your system is and how high the CPU power limits are.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W to 28 W, the expectation being that laptop makers will go for a higher value in exchange for higher performance. Either way, that's too much to allow for passively cooled designs.

The R5 6600U is manufactured on TSMC's 6 nm manufacturing process for good, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 PRO 6850U

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is a processor for thin and light laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R7 6850U integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 2.7 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.7 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. The Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is the professional version of the consumer R7 6800U with additional management features and the Microsoft Pluton Security processor. Compared to the similar R7 6850H, the 6850U offers a lower base clock speed and a lower TDP.

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

A big novelty is the integrated GPU Radeon 680M, that is now based on the RDNA2 architecture and offers 12 CUs at up to 2.2 GHz.

Performance

The average 6850U in our database is in the same league as the Core i5-1340P, the Core i7-1360P and also the Ryzen 7 5825U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a really fast chip, as far as 2023 consumer laptops go.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 7 has a default TDP of 15 W to 28 W, the expectation being that laptop manufacturers will go for a higher value in exchange for higher performance. Either way, this is a little too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The APU is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 6600UAMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
CodenameRembrandt-U (Zen 3+)Rembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+)
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+)
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U compare2.7 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U « 2.9 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U « 2.7 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U compare2.9 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Clock2900 - 4500 MHz2700 - 4700 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB512 KB
L2 Cache3 MB4 MB
L3 Cache16 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 128 / 16
TDP28 Watt28 Watt
Technology6 nm6 nm
max. Temp.95 °C95 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2FP7/FP7r2
FeaturesDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, 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, SMEDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, PRO, MMX, SSE4A, BMI2, AES-NI, SSE4.1, ABM, RDRAND, SSE4.2, RDSEED, SSE, AVX, FMA, SMEP, SHA, SSE2, AVX2, ADX, SMAP, SMT, SSE3, CPB, SME, SSSE3
iGPUAMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 6600U
37.8 pt (52%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R7 PRO 6850U
38.6 pt (54%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
80 Points (56%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
408 Points (8%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 8491     avg: 9160     median: 9159.5 (9%)     max: 9828 Points
min: 9923     avg: 10327     median: 10039.5 (9%)     max: 11026 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1420     avg: 1457     median: 1456.5 (62%)     max: 1493 Points
min: 1409     avg: 1488     median: 1497 (64%)     max: 1520 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 558     avg: 570     median: 570 (63%)     max: 582 Points
min: 587     avg: 591     median: 590 (66%)     max: 596 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3419     avg: 3623     median: 3623 (9%)     max: 3827 Points
min: 3784     avg: 4099     median: 4044.5 (10%)     max: 4457 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1361     avg: 1493     median: 1493 (9%)     max: 1625 Points
min: 1652     avg: 1757     median: 1726 (11%)     max: 1901 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 227     avg: 233     median: 233 (70%)     max: 239 Points
min: 228     avg: 236.2     median: 237.5 (72%)     max: 241 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
17.2 Points (22%)
20.3 Points (26%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.7 Points (68%)
2.8 Points (71%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
6242 Points (38%)
6260 Points (38%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
32097 Points (23%)
33284 Points (24%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
54792 Points (38%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
11685 Points (14%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
146.6 s (2%)
257.2 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
4.7 s (1%)
8 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6937 Points (11%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
44320 MIPS (25%)
min: 44011     avg: 48015     median: 48175.5 (28%)     max: 50871 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5486 MIPS (66%)
min: 5057     avg: 5347     median: 5339.5 (64%)     max: 5542 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
71.5 fps (25%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
212 fps (49%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
11.7 fps (21%)
min: 11.7     avg: 12.8     median: 13 (23%)     max: 13.5 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.9 GB/s (0%)
1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.3 GB/s (22%)
1.4 GB/s (24%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
9.3 GB/s (24%)
6.5 GB/s (17%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 323     avg: 488.5     median: 488.5 (6%)     max: 654 Seconds
min: 483     avg: 512     median: 519.5 (7%)     max: 528 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
415 Seconds (3%)
min: 282     avg: 298.3     median: 300 (2%)     max: 307 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (11%)
min: 0.507     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.544 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 9435     avg: 9908     median: 9908 (21%)     max: 10381 Points
11429 Points (24%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8.1 s (2%)
7.7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
19.9 s (1%)
18.7 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
692 s (3%)
682 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38061     avg: 41628     median: 41627.5 (36%)     max: 45194 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 11630     avg: 12171     median: 12171 (33%)     max: 12712 Points
min: 11880     avg: 13530     median: 14139 (38%)     max: 14785 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 65694     avg: 66719     median: 66719 (54%)     max: 67744 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 66512     avg: 67032     median: 67032 (54%)     max: 67552 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 66942     avg: 70708     median: 70708 (60%)     max: 74474 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 10347     avg: 10513     median: 10513 (27%)     max: 10679 Points
min: 13998     avg: 14567     median: 14450 (37%)     max: 15411 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 15902     avg: 15918     median: 15918 (28%)     max: 15934 Points
min: 19057     avg: 20023     median: 20251 (36%)     max: 20697 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5114     avg: 5340     median: 5339.5 (23%)     max: 5565 Points
min: 6868     avg: 7214     median: 7059 (30%)     max: 7618 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1977 Points (60%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
8310 Points (33%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1445     avg: 1477     median: 1483 (63%)     max: 1504 Points
min: 1433     avg: 1489     median: 1496.5 (63%)     max: 1533 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7034     avg: 7407     median: 7529 (13%)     max: 7658 Points
min: 7044     avg: 7789     median: 7924 (14%)     max: 8050 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1405     avg: 1481     median: 1481 (6%)     max: 1557 Points
1502 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6956     avg: 8603     median: 8602.5 (27%)     max: 10249 Points
7891 Points (25%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6067     avg: 6383     median: 6382.5 (64%)     max: 6698 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 26824     avg: 33338     median: 33338 (37%)     max: 39852 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
7529 Points (12%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
1483 Points (22%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
619 ms (1%)
min: 606     avg: 623     median: 613.5 (1%)     max: 672 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 71595     avg: 71850     median: 71849.5 (65%)     max: 72104 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
217 Points (62%)
min: 157.9     avg: 192.9     median: 191.9 (55%)     max: 214 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
274 Points (57%)
min: 227     avg: 242.7     median: 243 (51%)     max: 260 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1517 Points (58%)
min: 1154     avg: 1342     median: 1369.5 (52%)     max: 1430 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
44.6 Watt (8%)
min: 34.5     avg: 40.6     median: 40.5 (7%)     max: 52 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
41.9 Watt (8%)
min: 38.7     avg: 40.9     median: 40.3 (7%)     max: 44.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
8.8 Watt (6%)
min: 3.26     avg: 5.2     median: 4.7 (3%)     max: 7.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.65     avg: 4.3     median: 3.9 (4%)     max: 5.38 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 39.9     avg: 41.1     median: 40.3 (30%)     max: 43 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 6600U → 100% n=37

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U → 105% n=37

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