Ryzen 5 2600 vs Pro A10-8700B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A10-8700B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.38
Ryzen 5 2600
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.30
+501%

Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms Pro A10-8700B by a whopping 501% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2237916
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.15
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency3.7312.08
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Pinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pro A10-8700B 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB3 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data192 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors3100 Million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A10-8700B 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)12 - 35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0MMX, 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++
FMAFMA4+
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 Graphics-
iGPU core count6-
จำนวนพาธไลน์384-
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12-
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro A10-8700B 1.38
Ryzen 5 2600 8.30
+501%

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.

Pro A10-8700B 2189
Ryzen 5 2600 13189
+503%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pro A10-8700B 461
Ryzen 5 2600 1164
+152%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pro A10-8700B 992
Ryzen 5 2600 4901
+394%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pro A10-8700B 2200
Ryzen 5 2600 4726
+115%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pro A10-8700B 5907
Ryzen 5 2600 28173
+377%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pro A10-8700B 2798
Ryzen 5 2600 9290
+232%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pro A10-8700B 30.7
Ryzen 5 2600 5.5
+458%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pro A10-8700B 2
Ryzen 5 2600 14
+499%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pro A10-8700B 192
Ryzen 5 2600 1248
+550%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pro A10-8700B 70
Ryzen 5 2600 157
+125%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Pro A10-8700B 0.82
Ryzen 5 2600 1.76
+115%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Pro A10-8700B 0.9
Ryzen 5 2600 7.5
+782%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Pro A10-8700B 897
Ryzen 5 2600 4517
+404%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Pro A10-8700B 9
Ryzen 5 2600 75
+727%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Pro A10-8700B 45
Ryzen 5 2600 205
+352%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.38 8.30
Recency 3 June 2015 19 April 2018
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 65 Watt

Pro A10-8700B has 441.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 2600, on the other hand, has a 501.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 2600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A10-8700B in performance tests.

Be aware that Pro A10-8700B is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A10-8700B and Ryzen 5 2600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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