Ryzen 5 2600 vs Pentium E6600

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2697	905
Place by popularity	not in top-100	22
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	9.91
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	1.03	12.08
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Pinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)
Release date	17 January 2010 (14 years ago)	19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$16	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 2600 has 49450% better value for money than Pentium E6600.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600 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	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	3.06 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	34
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	3 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm
Die size	82 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V – 1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	LGA775	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6600 and Ryzen 5 2600.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.71	8.30
Recency	17 January 2010	19 April 2018
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm

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