Ryzen 5 5600H vs Pentium III 866
Primary details
Comparing Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 729 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 46 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 22.46 |
| Architecture codename | Coppermine T (2000) | Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 20 March 2000 (24 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.87 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 33 |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 106 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 80 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 28 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 configuration | 2 | no data |
| Socket | 370 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 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 | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 March 2000 | 12 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 6 |
| Threads | 1 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 45 Watt |
Pentium III 866 has 66.7% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 20 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Pentium III 866 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium III 866 and Ryzen 5 5600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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