Xeon D-2779 vs Ryzen 5 2600

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking916not rated
Place by popularity21not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency12.08no data
Architecture codenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)no data
Release date13 April 2018 (6 years ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1232
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache576 KBno data
L2 cache3 MBno data
L3 cache16 MB (shared)25 MB
Chip lithography12 nm10 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779 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)no data
SocketAM4FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt126 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779 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 2600 and Xeon D-2779. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB1 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes2032
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2018 1 January 2022
Physical cores 6 16
Threads 12 32
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 126 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600 has 93.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon D-2779, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon D-2779. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop processor while Xeon D-2779 is a server/workstation one.


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