AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 4 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
8% slightly better overall score
4006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
6204 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
3328 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
3195 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
79.73 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.2 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
435th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 5 7235HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7235HS beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7235HS that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7235HS. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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