AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics API support, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 95°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2939 vs 1748
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16932 vs 5560
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 8 January 2018
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 95°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 12 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2939 vs 1748
PassMark - CPU mark 16932 vs 5560

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2939
1748
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16932
5560
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2939 1748
PassMark - CPU mark 16932 5560
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4909
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 724
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 376.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 90.909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen
Family AMD Ryzen AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 8 January 2018
OPN Tray 100-000000296 YM2300C4T4MFB
Place in performance rating 875 887
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of GPU cores 7 6
Number of threads 12 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Transistor count 4500 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.27 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 7
Graphics max frequency 1800 MHz 1100 MHz
Number of pipelines 448
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 7 Radeon Vega 6 Graphics
iGPU core count 6

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 35-54 Watt 12-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP6 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

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™)