Ryzen 5 2600E vs PRO A12-8870

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Primary details

Comparing PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1750not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency3.55no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release dateOctober 2016 (8 years ago)10 September 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cacheno data576 KB
L2 cache2048 KB3 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die size250 mm2213 mm2
Number of transistors3,100 million4800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 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 cardAMD Radeon R7 Graphics-
iGPU core count8-
Enduron/a-
Switchable graphics+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortn/a-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12-
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-8870 and Ryzen 5 2600E.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600E has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

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