Ryzen 5 2600 vs Athlon 600

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated916
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.13
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data12.08
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Pinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)
Release date23 June 1999 (25 years ago)13 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$615$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache128 KB576 KB
L2 cache512 KB3 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm12 nm
Die size184 mm2213 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million4800 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAAM4
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/A-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 June 1999 13 April 2018
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 180 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon 600 has 44.4% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 2600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 18 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 600 and Ryzen 5 2600. We've got no test results to judge.


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