Intel Pentium J6426 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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Intel Pentium J6426 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Intel Pentium J6426 AMD Ryzen 5 5600

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium J6426 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - 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 Intel Pentium J6426 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J6426 was released in Q1/2021.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 was released in Q2/2022.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
Intel Pentium N6200/J6400/N6400 (3) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000 (12)
11 Generation 4
Elkhart Lake Architecture Vermeer (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
-- Successor AMD Ryzen 5 7600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium J6426 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600
4 Cores 6
4 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.00 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
11 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
32 Compute units --
256 Shader --
No 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) 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 Intel Pentium J6426 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600
LPDDR4X-3200, LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-3200
32 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
1.50 MB L2 Cache 3.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 32.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
8 PCIe lanes 20
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium J6426 has a TDP of 10 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is 65 W.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 45 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium J6426 has a 1.50 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 cache has a total of 35.00 MB.

Intel Pentium J6426 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1493 Socket AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2022
-- Release price 199 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (34%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium J6426 (19%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
665 (43%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1538 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1880 (23%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
8009 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
525 (25%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
2087 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1245 (14%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
8816 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
4150 (19%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
21620 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
85 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
657 (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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1504 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
11077 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
574 (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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
4479 (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.
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
456 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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