Ryzen 5 2600H vs Athlon II X4 641
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 2600H outperforms Athlon II X4 641 by a whopping 247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2463 | 1459 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | 1.41 | 10.82 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Raven Ridge (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 6 February 2012 (13 years ago) | 10 September 2018 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II X4 641 and Ryzen 5 2600H 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 32 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | 210 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 4,950 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II X4 641 and Ryzen 5 2600H 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FM1 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 641 and Ryzen 5 2600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 641 and Ryzen 5 2600H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 641 and Ryzen 5 2600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 641 and Ryzen 5 2600H.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.31 | 4.54 |
| Recency | 6 February 2012 | 10 September 2018 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 45 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2600H has a 246.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 122.2% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 2600H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon II X4 641 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon II X4 641 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 2600H is a notebook one.
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