Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2600
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 by a significant 28% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 942 | 763 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 12.23 | 67.70 |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 19 September 2018 (6 years ago) | 16 March 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 34 | 19 |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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 |
| Socket | AM4 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | PRO, 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 | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 46.933 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 8 |
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.
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 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.37 | 10.69 |
| Recency | 19 September 2018 | 16 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has a 27.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 in performance tests.
Note that Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U is a notebook one.
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