AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3069 points

4361 points

42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4852 points

5968 points

23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2533 points

3844 points

51% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2427 points

3721 points

53% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

67.00 points

106.27 points

58% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3526 points

4788 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1224 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1132 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3621 points

4891 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1163 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

576 KiB

125% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB

16 MiB

300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

531st of 1,089

404th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Mobile

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Ryzen 5 2600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 5300U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 5300U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5300U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 5300U. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2600 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 5300U. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.