AMD Ryzen 5 6600U vs AMD EPYC 7351

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AMD Ryzen 5 6600U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 7351
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD EPYC 7351

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U or AMD EPYC 7351 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U was released in Q1/2022.

The AMD EPYC 7351 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7351 was released in Q3/2017.
AMD Ryzen 5 (86) Family AMD EPYC (129)
AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U (9) CPU group AMD EPYC 7001 (12)
5 Generation 1
Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Architecture Naples (Zen)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 6600U is 2.90 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 7351 has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7351 is at 2.40 GHz (2.90 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7351
6 Cores 16
12 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.90 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.90 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.90 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7351
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U or AMD EPYC 7351 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon 660M GPU no iGPU
1.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
6 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
384 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 660M GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 7351 supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 170.6 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7351
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800 Memory DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
76.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 170.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
3.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 64.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 128
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 126.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 5 6600U is 15 W, while the AMD EPYC 7351 has a TDP of 170 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7351
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 170 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
28 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U is manufactured in 6 nm and has 19.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 7351 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 64.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U Characteristic AMD EPYC 7351
6 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FP7 Socket SP3
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 850 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U (100%)
AMD EPYC 7351 (41%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U (80%)
AMD EPYC 7351 (65%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
8018 (46%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
17401 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1465 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
634 (43%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
6385 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
2002 (31%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1879 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
717 (38%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
7423 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
2022 (27%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
17270 (73%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
23569 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1425 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
296 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
4728 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
AMD Radeon 660M @ 1.90 GHz
1459 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
128 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7351 AMD EPYC 7351
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
2184 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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