Ryzen 5 6600U vs Ryzen 7 4700U

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 7 4700U
2020
8 cores / 8 threads
8.67
Ryzen 5 6600U
2022
6 cores / 12 threads
10.86
+25.3%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 25% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 6600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking796641
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$521 no data

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 4700U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size156 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 4700U 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)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 6600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, 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 Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 6600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 6600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR4DDR5, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7AMD Radeon 660M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 5 6600U.

PCIe version3.04.0
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.

Ryzen 7 4700U 8.67
Ryzen 5 6600U 10.86
+25.3%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 25% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 4700U 13410
Ryzen 5 6600U 16786
+25.2%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 25% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 4700U 1358
Ryzen 5 6600U 1637
+20.5%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 21% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 4700U 4884
Ryzen 5 6600U 6485
+32.8%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 33% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 7 4700U 5524
Ryzen 5 6600U 6242
+13%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 13% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 4700U 24771
Ryzen 5 6600U 32097
+29.6%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 30% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 7 4700U 8629
Ryzen 5 6600U 9908
+14.8%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 15% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 7 4700U 7.89
Ryzen 5 6600U 4.69
+68.2%

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Ryzen 5 6600U by 68% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 7 4700U 13
Ryzen 5 6600U 17
+36.5%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 37% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 4700U 1095
Ryzen 5 6600U 1493
+36.4%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 36% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 7 4700U 180
Ryzen 5 6600U 233
+29.4%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 29% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 7 4700U 2.1
Ryzen 5 6600U 2.73
+30%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 30% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 5.3
Ryzen 5 6600U 9.3
+77.1%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 77% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 3963
Ryzen 5 6600U 6937
+75%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 75% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 191
Ryzen 5 6600U 212
+10.8%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 11% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 7 4700U 57
Ryzen 5 6600U 71
+24.5%

Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Ryzen 7 4700U by 24% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.67 10.86
Integrated graphics card 7.43 9.78
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 5 6600U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 4700U in performance tests.


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