Ryzen 5 2600E: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Ryzen 5 2600E sales 19 September 2018. Based on a Zen+ architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 12 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR4 Dual-channel memory.
Primary details
Ryzen 5 2600E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | |
| Release date | 19 September 2018 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | |
| Threads | 12 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 31 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2600E compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600E's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 46.933 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 5 2600E.
| Integrated graphics card | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
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Recommended GPUs
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Ryzen 5 2600E in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 73 configurations using Ryzen 5 2600E in our database.
