Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U vs Ryzen 5 2600

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2600
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.30
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.40
+13.3%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 by a moderate 13% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking903807
Place by popularity22not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.80no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency12.0859.31
Architecture codenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date19 April 2018 (6 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3423
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm7 nm
Die size192 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. 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, SMEPRO, 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++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes208

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 5 2600 8.30
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 9.40
+13.3%

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 5 2600 13189
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 14926
+13.2%

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 5 2600 1163
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 1615
+38.9%

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 5 2600 4896
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 5547
+13.3%

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 5 2600 4726
+210882%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 2

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 5 2600 28173
+225826%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 12

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 5 2600 9290
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 11124
+19.7%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 2600 5.5
+49.3%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 8.21

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 5 2600 14
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 14
+3.5%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 5 2600 1248
+3.4%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 1207

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 5 2600 157
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 218
+38.6%

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 5 2600 1.76
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 2.6
+47.7%

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 5 2600 7.5
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 7.9
+5.3%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 2600 75
+6.2%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 71

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 2600 205
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 216
+5.3%

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 5 2600 4517
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 5905
+30.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 2600 6070
+5.8%
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 5736

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 2600 375
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 443
+18.2%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 2600 1119
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 1353
+21%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 2600 4020
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 5031
+25.1%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 2600 30898
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 35235
+14%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 2600 179
Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 246
+37.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.30 9.40
Recency 19 April 2018 16 March 2021
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a 13.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2600 and Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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