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Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 5700U — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 5700U is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 13% to 37%, including 19% in Cinebench R23 single (1,256 vs 1,053).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 2600 and the Ryzen 7 5700U. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

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Specs side-by-side

SpecRyzen 5 2600Ryzen 7 5700U
cores 68
threads 1216
base clock ghz 3.41800
boost clock ghz 3.94.3
tdp w 6515
memory bus —Dual-channel
l3 cache mb 168
process nm 127
socket AMD Socket AM4AMD Socket FP6

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey, PassMark, GadgetVersus, Geekbench Browser and numberworld.org; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 2600Ryzen 7 5700U
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey		 7,306 points7,451 pts
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, CGDirector, Notebookcheck, CPU-Monkey		 1,053 points1,256 pts
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, GadgetVersus, Geekbench Browser		 5,239 points5,746 pts
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: PassMark, GadgetVersus, Geekbench Browser		 1,162 points1,595 pts
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 13,133 points12,952 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —2,535 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 2,234 points2,530 points
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better)
Source: numberworld.org		 110 seconds—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Ryzen 5 2600

No verified AI inference results on file. See the Ryzen 5 2600 benchmark page →

Ryzen 7 5700U

All Ryzen 7 5700U AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 2600 or the Ryzen 7 5700U?

The Ryzen 7 5700U is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 13% to 37%, including 19% in Cinebench R23 single (1,256 vs 1,053).

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