AMD Ryzen 5 2600

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is a six-core desktop processor that can handle twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). This technology is equivalent to Intel's Hyper-Threading. Launched in April 2018, the Ryzen 5 2600 is the second fastest Ryzen 5 processor and is much more economical than its flagship sibling. The Ryzen 5 2600 has a 65 W TDP, which is nearly 40% more efficient than the 95 W TDP Ryzen 5 2600 X. This energy efficiency comes at a cost to performance though.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has a base clock speed of 3.4 GHz, which can be boosted by Extended Frequency Range (XFR) up to 3.9 GHz. The power gain is still high in multi-threaded applications, although this is some way off the Ryzen 5 2600X. The Ryzen 5 2600 benefits from AMD's new Zen+ architecture, with a greater number of instructions per cycle (IPC) and higher clock speeds than last year's Zen chips. The Ryzen 5 2600's six cores are divided into two clusters that are connected by Infinity Fabric, a subset of HyperTransport. Each cluster has its own L3 cache.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has good performance in games. Moreover, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a higher base clock than the Ryzen 7 2700. Seeing as many games currently lack multi-core support, this means that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than its technically superior sibling.

Detailed information, benchmarks and values can be found in our review of the Ryzen 5 2600.

Series	AMD Ryzen 5
Codename	Zen+
Series: Ryzen 5 Zen+ AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 - 4.2 GHz 6 / 12  16 MB L3 AMD Ryzen 5 2600 « 3.4 - 3.9 GHz 6 / 12  16 MB L3
Clock Rate	3400 - 3900 MHz
Level 2 Cache	4 MB
Level 3 Cache	16 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	6 / 12
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	65 Watt
Transistor Count	4940 Million
Manufacturing Technology	12 nm
Die Size	213 mm2
Socket	AM4 (1331)
Features	SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Announcement Date	04/13/2018

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