Ryzen 5 2600X vs Celeron N3050

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated861
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.37
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel CeleronAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data8.73
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)13 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.16 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cacheno data576 KB
L2 cache1 MB3 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data213 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X 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)
SocketFCBGA1170AM4
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series-
Max video memory8 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency600 MHz-
Execution Units12-
InTru 3D--

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-
eDP+-
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+-
OpenGL+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes420
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+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.



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.

Celeron N3050 587
Ryzen 5 2600X 13908
+2269%

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.

Celeron N3050 156
Ryzen 5 2600X 1248
+700%

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.

Celeron N3050 275
Ryzen 5 2600X 5284
+1821%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Celeron N3050 1099
Ryzen 5 2600X 4958
+351%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Celeron N3050 2064
Ryzen 5 2600X 29954
+1351%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Celeron N3050 55.2
Ryzen 5 2600X 4.62
+1095%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Celeron N3050 1
Ryzen 5 2600X 15
+1743%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Celeron N3050 63
Ryzen 5 2600X 1341
+2046%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Celeron N3050 34
Ryzen 5 2600X 163
+379%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Celeron N3050 0.41
Ryzen 5 2600X 1.81
+341%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Celeron N3050 0.4
Ryzen 5 2600X 8
+1805%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Celeron N3050 5
Ryzen 5 2600X 81
+1598%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Celeron N3050 26
Ryzen 5 2600X 207
+713%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Celeron N3050 529
Ryzen 5 2600X 4599
+769%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 13 April 2018
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 95 Watt

Celeron N3050 has 1483.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 2600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N3050 and Ryzen 5 2600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron N3050 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 2600X is a desktop one.


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