Athlon 64 3200+ vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon 64 3200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	887	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	12.35	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Clawhammer (2001−2005)
Release date	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)	January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$150

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon 64 3200+ 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	12	1
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	576 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	512K
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	12 nm	130 nm
Die size	213 mm2	193 mm2
Number of transistors	4800 Million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon 64 3200+ 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	754
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon 64 3200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon 64 3200+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon 64 3200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and Athlon 64 3200+.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	1
Threads	12	1
Chip lithography	12 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	89 Watt

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