Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Ryzen 5 2600H
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 2600H outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1224 | 1333 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | 31.82 | 27.97 |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
| Release date | 30 May 2018 (6 years ago) | 8 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | 32 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP5 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 12 |
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.
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.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.04 | 4.43 |
| Recency | 30 May 2018 | 8 April 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
Ryzen 5 2600H has a 13.8% higher aggregate performance score.
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 5 2600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 2600H and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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