Ryzen 5 5600H vs Pentium G6960

Place in the ranking	2528	727
Place by popularity	not in top-100	46
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	1.17	22.48
Architecture codename	Clarkdale (2010−2011)	Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	9 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.93 GHz	4.2 GHz
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	81 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Number of transistors	382 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCLGA1156	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	73 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	16.38 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium G6960 0.92

Ryzen 5 5600H 10.89
+1084%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium G6960 1433

Ryzen 5 5600H 16975
+1085%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium G6960 459

Ryzen 5 5600H 1601
+249%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium G6960 814

Ryzen 5 5600H 5778
+610%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.92	10.89
Recency	9 January 2011	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	73 Watt	45 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600H has a 1083.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 62.2% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G6960 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G6960 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G6960 and Ryzen 5 5600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.