AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 vs AMD A10-9700

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 and AMD A10-9700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2269 vs 1615
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13465 vs 3546
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2018 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2269 vs 1615
PassMark - CPU mark 13465 vs 3546

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600
CPU 2: AMD A10-9700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2269
1615
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13465
3546
Name AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 AMD A10-9700
PassMark - Single thread mark 2269 1615
PassMark - CPU mark 13465 3546
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1465
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 227.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7174

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 AMD A10-9700

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Bristol Ridge
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date September 2018 27 July 2017
OPN Tray YD260BBBM6IAF AD9700AGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 987 993
Series AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop Processors AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $90
OPN PIB AD9700AGABBOX
Price now $79.99
Value for money (0-100) 20.04

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Die size 192 mm 246 mm
L1 cache 576 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 90°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12
Transistor count 4800 million 1178 million
Unlocked
Compute Cores 10
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Number of GPU cores 6

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included
Configurable TDP 45/65 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x8
Max number of PCIe lanes 8

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon R7 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan