Ryzen 5 6600H vs Athlon II M300

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II M300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
Ryzen 5 6600H
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
11.77
+2702%

Ryzen 5 6600H outperforms Athlon II M300 by a whopping 2702% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 5 6600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2984664
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency1.1424.75
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 5 6600H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data208 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 5 6600H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)FP7
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 5 6600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 5 6600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 5 6600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M300 and Ryzen 5 6600H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II M300 0.42
Ryzen 5 6600H 11.77
+2702%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II M300 670
Ryzen 5 6600H 18694
+2690%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon II M300 213
Ryzen 5 6600H 1817
+753%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon II M300 403
Ryzen 5 6600H 7504
+1762%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.42 11.77
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Athlon II M300 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 6600H, on the other hand, has a 2702.4% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 6600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M300 in performance tests.


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