AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 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

4431 points
57% significantly better overall score
2822 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
36% slightly better gaming score
4389 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
67% significantly better multitasking score
2350 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
68% significantly better heavy workload score
2256 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3087 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
115% significantly higher Blender score
52.83 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2842 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
947 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2861 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
944 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

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
35 W
171% 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
300% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089
566th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2019 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen 5 3550H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600X beats the Ryzen 5 3550H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3550H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3550H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 3550H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X 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 5 2600X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3550H. The Ryzen 5 2600X 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 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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