EPYC 4244P vs Ryzen 5 2600

Place in the ranking	900	359
Place by popularity	22	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.48	55.58
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	12.09	25.24
Architecture codename	Pinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)	Raphael (2023−2024)
Release date	13 April 2018 (6 years ago)	21 May 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 4244P has 430% better value for money than Ryzen 5 2600.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and EPYC 4244P 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	12	12
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	576 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Die size	213 mm²	71 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	61 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	6,570 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and EPYC 4244P 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and EPYC 4244P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and EPYC 4244P are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and EPYC 4244P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and EPYC 4244P.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	20	28

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 2600 8.62

EPYC 4244P 17.99
+109%

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 2600 13190

EPYC 4244P 27530
+109%