AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500, vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 65.2 GOps/s | 44.6 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 36.8 GOps/s | 23 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 57 M primes/s | 37 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 24.7 M strings/s | 21.6 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 14.9 GB/s | 12.5 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 245.5 MB/s | 187.2 MB/s |
| Physics | 898 frames/s | 675 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 172 M matrices/s | 72 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 819.4 MB/s | 582.9 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 61.3 KLines/s | 39.8 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 147.3 pages/s | 134.6 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 233.2 MP/sec | 160.4 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 191.9 pages/s | 102.9 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 40.4 frames/s | 22.9 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 61.4 frames/s | 48 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 15.4 MP/sec | 8.95 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 126.5 PPW | 80.6 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 297.6 PPW | 202.7 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 8.4 PPW | 5 PPW |
| Blender / W | 2.21 PPW | 1.65 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Announced | March, 15, 2022 | September, 11, 2018 |
| Type | PC use | PC use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 3 (Cezanne) | n/a |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Frequency | 3.6 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.2 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Cores count | 6 | 6 |
| Threads count | 12 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x | 34x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 96 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 512 KB/core | 512 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB total | 16 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistor count | n/a | 4.8 billion |
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 12 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 65 W | 65 W |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Critical temp. | 90 °C | 95 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-2933 |
| Max Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | Yes |
| Max memory bandwidth | 47.68 GB | 43.71 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 24 | 20 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5500 the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 7
