AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Ryzen 5 6600H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600 beats the Ryzen 5 6600H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 6600H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 6600H. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 5600 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 5600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.