AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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
5963 points
36% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
7413 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
5498 points
43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
5377 points
44% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points
6250 points
80% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
161.72 points
52% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
6868 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
1714 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
7168 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1749 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
251st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 5800H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800H performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800H. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800H 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800H has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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