AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs AMD FX-6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and AMD FX-6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 6 more threads: 12 vs 6
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • Around 49% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 70.50°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2922 vs 1486
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16785 vs 4220
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 4903 vs 2087
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs October 2012
Number of threads 12 vs 6
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 32 nm SOI
L1 cache 384 KB vs 288 KB
L3 cache 12 MB vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2922 vs 1486
PassMark - CPU mark 16785 vs 4220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4903 vs 2087

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
CPU 2: AMD FX-6300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2922
1486
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16785
4220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
4903
2087
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD FX-6300
PassMark - Single thread mark 2922 1486
PassMark - CPU mark 16785 4220
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4903 2087
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 527
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 16.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.758

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD FX-6300

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Vishera
Family AMD Ryzen AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 October 2012
OPN Tray 100-000000296 FD6300WMW6KHK
Place in performance rating 885 2673
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop
OPN PIB FD6300WMHKBOX
Price now $58.99
Value for money (0-100) 31.81

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 288 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 70.50°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 6
Number of GPU cores 7
Number of threads 12 6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
P0 Vcore voltage Min: 1.15 V - Max: 1.3875 V
Transistor count 1200 million

Memory

Max memory channels 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.27 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 7
Graphics max frequency 1800 MHz
Number of pipelines 448
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 7

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 35-54 Watt
Sockets supported FP6 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)