AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3275 vs 2918
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22138 vs 15417
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 3 MB
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3275 vs 2918
PassMark - CPU mark 22138 vs 15417

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2918
3275
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15417
22138
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS
PassMark - Single thread mark 2918 3275
PassMark - CPU mark 15417 22138
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6068

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 3
Family AMD Ryzen
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 7 Jan 2021
OPN Tray 100-000000287
Place in performance rating 675 667
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 4.6 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of GPU cores 7
Number of threads 12 16
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.27 GB/s 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200MHz, LPDDR4-4266MHz DDR4-3200
ECC memory support

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 10-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP6 FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 20
PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)