Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs Ryzen 5 6600H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 6600H
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
11.79
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
14.57
+23.6%

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H outperforms Ryzen 5 6600H by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking664493
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)no data
Power efficiency24.7930.64
Architecture codenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release dateJanuary 2022 (2 years ago)19 April 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm6 nm
Die size208 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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
SocketFP7FP7
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. 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++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

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 6600H 11.79
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 14.57
+23.6%

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 6600H 18724
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 23146
+23.6%

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 6600H 1816
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 1961
+8%

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 6600H 7499
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 9399
+25.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.79 14.57
Integrated graphics card 16.31 15.95
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16

Ryzen 5 6600H has 2.3% faster integrated GPU.

Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H, on the other hand, has a 23.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 6600H in performance tests.


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