AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and AMD Ryzen 5 6600H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 Z1 Extreme

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 5.1 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 6 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3608 vs 3179
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25097 vs 18698
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2023 vs Jan 2022
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz vs 4.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 6 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 384 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3608 vs 3179
PassMark - CPU mark 25097 vs 18698

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

  • 393216x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 3 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 16MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3608
3179
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25097
18698
Name AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
PassMark - Single thread mark 3608 3179
PassMark - CPU mark 25097 18698
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6155

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Essentials

Launch date May 2023 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating 533 513
Architecture codename Zen 3+

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Die size 178 mm² 208 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 3 MB
L3 cache 16MB (shared) 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 6 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 16 12
Transistor count 25,000 million
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Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel DDR5-4800
Max memory channels 2

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 9-30 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP8 FP7
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)