AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 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

4431 points
6179 points
39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
7639 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
5707 points
45% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
5585 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
6228 points
70% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
160.71 points
40% slightly higher Blender 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

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
4.6 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
35 W
171% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
7099% significantly more L1 cache
8 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

397th of 1,089
240th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 9 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
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Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen 9 5900HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HS is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HS. The Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600X. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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