Celeron G3902E vs Ryzen 5 2600

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking905not rated
Place by popularity22not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.78no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Celeron
Power efficiency12.08no data
Architecture codenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date19 April 2018 (6 years ago)2 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed3.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3416
L1 cache96K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache3 MB512 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4,800 million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2018 2 January 2016
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600 has an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron G3902E, on the other hand, has 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2600 and Celeron G3902E. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop processor while Celeron G3902E is a notebook one.


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