Ryzen 5 2600E vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Primary details
Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1671 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Zen+ (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (4 years ago) | 19 September 2018 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 34 | 31 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 192 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket AM4 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 46.933 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 September 2019 | 19 September 2018 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon PRO 300GE has an age advantage of 1 year, and 85.7% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 2600E, on the other hand, has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon PRO 300GE and Ryzen 5 2600E, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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