AMD Ryzen 5 3550U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550U and AMD Ryzen 5 2600H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

AMD Ryzen 5 2600H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2600H

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2085 vs 2053
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8002 vs 7681

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2085 vs 2053
PassMark - CPU mark	8002 vs 7681

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2600H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2053

2085

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7681

8002

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	AMD Ryzen 5 2600H
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053	2085
PassMark - CPU mark	7681	8002

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	AMD Ryzen 5 2600H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen
Launch date	Q1 2020	10 September 2018
Place in performance rating	1194	1171
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray		YM2600C3T4MFB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	3.2 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	8
64 bit support
Compute Cores		12
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		192 KB
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum core temperature		95°C
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		4500 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		3200 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	300 MHz
Graphics max frequency	1200 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
iGPU core count		8
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Configurable TDP		35-54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		Not included
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)