Pentium E6600 vs Ryzen 5 2400G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 2400G
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.70
+670%

Ryzen 5 2400G outperforms Pentium E6600 by a whopping 670% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11442688
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.100.02
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency8.001.04
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date8 January 2018 (6 years ago)17 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169$16

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 2400G has 30400% better value for money than Pentium E6600.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.06 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz0.07 GHz
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache386 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size209.78 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600 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
SocketAM4LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 11no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2400G and Pentium E6600.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes12no 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.


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 2400G 5.70
+670%
Pentium E6600 0.74

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 8727
+674%
Pentium E6600 1128

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 1052
+201%
Pentium E6600 350

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.

Ryzen 5 2400G 3269
+479%
Pentium E6600 565

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.70 0.74
Recency 8 January 2018 17 January 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm

Ryzen 5 2400G has a 670.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 2400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E6600 in performance tests.


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