Ryzen 5 PRO 2600: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 2600
2018
6 cores / 12 threads
8.74

It provides poor benchmark performance at 8.74% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

AMD started Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 sales 19 September 2018. This is a Zen+ architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3900 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR4 Dual-channel memory.

General info

Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking792
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money16.25
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2020)
Release date19 September 2018 (5 years ago)
Current price$215 of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed3.4 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.9 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus support4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache512K (per core)of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography12 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size192 mm2
Number of transistors4,800 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplierYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketAM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

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

AES-NI+
AVX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 5 PRO 2600.

Integrated graphics card-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 5 PRO 2600. Overall benchmark performance 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 PRO 2600 8.74

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 PRO 2600 13509

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 1159

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 4662

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Core i7-8700K 101.03
Core i3-12100 100.23
Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 is Core i3-12100, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.

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Here are some closest Intel rivals to Ryzen 5 PRO 2600:

Core i7-8700K 101.03
Core i3-12100 100.23
Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 100

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