Ryzen 5 6600U vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
13.09
+25.6%
Ryzen 5 6600U
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
10.42

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U outperforms Ryzen 5 6600U by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Ryzen 5 6600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking570742
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency82.5965.74
Architecture codenameRembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) (2022)Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 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)
Threads1612
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz4.5 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 7 PRO 6850U 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
SocketFP7FP7
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Ryzen 5 6600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE4A, BMI2, AES-NI, SSE4.1, ABM, RDRAND, SSE4.2, RDSEED, SSE, AVX, FMA, SMEP, SHA, SSE2, AVX2, ADX, SMAP, SMT, SSE3, CPB, SME, SSSE3MMX, 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 7 PRO 6850U and Ryzen 5 6600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Ryzen 5 6600U. 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 680MAMD Radeon 660M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Ryzen 5 6600U.

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 7 PRO 6850U 13.09
+25.6%
Ryzen 5 6600U 10.42

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 7 PRO 6850U 20800
+25.7%
Ryzen 5 6600U 16545

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 7 PRO 6850U 1760
+6.5%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1652

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 7 PRO 6850U 7445
+14.8%
Ryzen 5 6600U 6485

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 7 PRO 6850U 6260
+0.3%
Ryzen 5 6600U 6242

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 7 PRO 6850U 33284
+3.7%
Ryzen 5 6600U 32097

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 7 PRO 6850U 11429
+15.4%
Ryzen 5 6600U 9908

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 7 PRO 6850U 8
Ryzen 5 6600U 4.69
+70.6%

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 7 PRO 6850U 20
+18.1%
Ryzen 5 6600U 17

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 1726
+15.6%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1493

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 7 PRO 6850U 238
+1.9%
Ryzen 5 6600U 233

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 7 PRO 6850U 2.84
+4%
Ryzen 5 6600U 2.73

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 7 PRO 6850U 6.5
Ryzen 5 6600U 9.3
+43.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 7924
+5.2%
Ryzen 5 6600U 7529

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 300
Ryzen 5 6600U 415
+38.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 1497
+0.9%
Ryzen 5 6600U 1483

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 5340
Ryzen 5 6600U 5486
+2.7%

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 48176
+8.7%
Ryzen 5 6600U 44320

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 243
Ryzen 5 6600U 274
+12.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.09 10.42
Integrated graphics card 15.98 16.29
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has a 25.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 6600U, on the other hand, has 1.9% faster integrated GPU.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 6600U in performance tests.


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