Ryzen 5 6600U vs Ryzen 3 5300U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 5300U
2021
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.11
Ryzen 5 6600U
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
10.42
+70.5%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 3 5300U by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 5300U and Ryzen 5 6600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1095750
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency38.5565.74
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 5300U and Ryzen 5 6600U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.5 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size156 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 5300U and Ryzen 5 6600U 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 configuration11
SocketFP6FP7
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Ryzen 5 6600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, 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++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Ryzen 5 6600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Ryzen 5 6600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Ryzen 5 6600U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1220

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.

Ryzen 3 5300U 6.11
Ryzen 5 6600U 10.42
+70.5%

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.

Ryzen 3 5300U 9704
Ryzen 5 6600U 16545
+70.5%

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.

Ryzen 3 5300U 1215
Ryzen 5 6600U 1654
+36.1%

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.

Ryzen 3 5300U 3612
Ryzen 5 6600U 6492
+79.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 3 5300U 5118
Ryzen 5 6600U 6242
+22%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 3 5300U 22139
Ryzen 5 6600U 32097
+45%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 3 5300U 7931
Ryzen 5 6600U 9908
+24.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 3 5300U 9
Ryzen 5 6600U 17
+84.6%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 3 5300U 906
Ryzen 5 6600U 1493
+64.8%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 5300U 170
Ryzen 5 6600U 233
+37.1%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 5300U 1.89
Ryzen 5 6600U 2.73
+44.4%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 3 5300U 5.1
Ryzen 5 6600U 9.3
+82.4%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 3 5300U 2551
Ryzen 5 6600U 6937
+172%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 5300U 4008
Ryzen 5 6600U 7529
+87.8%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 3 5300U 544
+31.1%
Ryzen 5 6600U 415

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 3 5300U 1070
Ryzen 5 6600U 1483
+38.6%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 3 5300U 3960
Ryzen 5 6600U 5486
+38.5%

7-Zip

Ryzen 3 5300U 21971
Ryzen 5 6600U 44320
+102%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 3 5300U 187
Ryzen 5 6600U 274
+46.2%

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 3 5300U 934
Ryzen 5 6600U 1517
+62.5%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 3 5300U 147
Ryzen 5 6600U 217
+47.3%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 3 5300U 1069
+119%
Ryzen 5 6600U 489

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.11 10.42
Integrated graphics card 6.04 16.31
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm

Ryzen 5 6600U has a 70.5% higher aggregate performance score, 170% faster integrated GPU, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 6600U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 5300U in performance tests.


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