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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
    AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    60 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

    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 Phenom II X4 975 BE
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD K10
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsDeneb
    Release DateMar 2018vsJan 2011

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    Cores6vs4
    Threads12vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vs258mm²
    Process14 nmvs45 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs2000 MHz
    Voltageunknownvs1.4 V
    TDP65 Wvs125 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points
    • AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
      2268 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE
      9072 points

    Points - higher is better

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