Athlon X2 340 vs Ryzen 5 5600GE

Place in performance ranking	597	2475
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	no data	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price	no data	$96

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600GE and Athlon X2 340 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	96K
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	16 MB	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600GE and Athlon X2 340 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	no data	1
Socket	Socket AM4	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600GE and Athlon X2 340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5600GE and Athlon X2 340 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600GE and Athlon X2 340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 7

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600GE and Athlon X2 340.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

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.

Ryzen 5 5600GE 12.11
+1325%

Athlon X2 340 0.85

Ryzen 5 5600GE outperforms Athlon X2 340 by 1325% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 5600GE 18735
+1333%

Athlon X2 340 1307

Ryzen 5 5600GE outperforms Athlon X2 340 by 1333% in Passmark.