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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Athlon X4 950
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD Athlon X4 950

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      325%
    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      200%
    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      450%
    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 100% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 350% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 225% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Athlon X4 950
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Athlon X4 950
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Excavator
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsBristol Ridge
    Release DateMar 2018vsSep 2016

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Athlon X4 950
    Cores6vs4
    Threads12vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Athlon X4 950
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Athlon X4 950
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vsunknown
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Athlon X4 950
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points
    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      2622 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      8404 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      161.51
    • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
      80.52

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      1325.06
    • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
      293.82

    points - higher is better

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