AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core m3-6Y30

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core m 2 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

4361 points
613% significantly better overall score
611 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
430% significantly better gaming score
1125 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
723% significantly better multitasking score
467 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
730% significantly better heavy workload score
448 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
790% significantly higher Blender score
11.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
200% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
124% significantly higher clock speed
1.51 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
77% significantly higher turbo speed
2.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
5 W
1200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache
0.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
1,057th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
6th Generation Core m

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core m3-6Y30 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than the Core m3-6Y30. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core m3-6Y30 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 Core m3-6Y30 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core m3-6Y30. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core m3-6Y30. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core m3-6Y30 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600 thanks to a 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 Core m3-6Y30. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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