Ryzen 5 6600H vs Pentium J2900

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium J2900
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
0.79
Ryzen 5 6600H
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
11.78
+1391%

Ryzen 5 6600H outperforms Pentium J2900 by a whopping 1391% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2632663
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency7.4724.76
Architecture codenameBay Trail-D (2013)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date1 November 2013 (11 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$94no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2.41 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache224 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data208 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1170FP7
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI-no data
RST-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 SeriesAMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes420
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no 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 J2900 0.79
Ryzen 5 6600H 11.78
+1391%

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 J2900 1250
Ryzen 5 6600H 18706
+1396%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.79 11.78
Integrated graphics card 0.77 16.31
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium J2900 has 350% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 6600H, on the other hand, has a 1391.1% higher aggregate performance score, 2018.2% faster integrated GPU, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 266.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 6600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium J2900 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium J2900 and Ryzen 5 6600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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