AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
37% slightly better overall score
3172 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
20% slightly better gaming score
4936 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
45% significantly better multitasking score
2640 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score
2535 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3447 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
911 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3602 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1144 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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