Athlon X4 950 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon X4 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	785	1680
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	16.91	3.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	19 September 2018 (5 years old)	27 July 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$60
Current price	$215	$51 (0.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 has 362% better value for money than Athlon X4 950.

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon X4 950 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Die size	192 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon X4 950 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
Socket	AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon X4 950. 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 PRO 2600 and Athlon X4 950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon X4 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon X4 950.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 outperforms Athlon X4 950 by 277% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	8.82	2.34
Recency	19 September 2018	27 July 2017
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm

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