AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2596 vs 2269
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16121 vs 13465
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 vs September 2018
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2596 vs 2269
PassMark - CPU mark 16121 vs 13465

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 576 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4500
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2596
2269
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16121
13465
Name AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600
PassMark - Single thread mark 2596 2269
PassMark - CPU mark 16121 13465
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4821

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 989 987
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD260BBBM6IAF
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Die size 156 mm² 192 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 576 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 3 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 6 6
Number of threads 12 12
Transistor count 9800 million 4800 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 10-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)