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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
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Intel Core i5 2500 Cpu
Intel Core i5 2500
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Intel Pentium G4600 Cpu
Intel Pentium G4600
Editiorial reviews
6
4.5 out of 5
3 user ratings
5 stars
66 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
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User rating
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4.0 out of 5
44 user ratings
5 stars
27 %
4 stars
52 %
3 stars
18 %
2 stars
2 %
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4.1 out of 5
37 user ratings
5 stars
37 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
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4.1 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM4LGA 1155LGA 1151
Component forPC
N/A
PC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
N/A
Number of cores642
Number of threads1244
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W95.0 W51.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
DMIDMI3
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternoyesyes
TypeNot availableIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel HD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
850.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache16 MB6 MB3 MB
Cache typeL3L3
N/A
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2933.0 MHz
N/A
  • 1333
  • 1600
  • 2133
  • 2400
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
N/A
  • DDR3L SDRAM
  • DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDual
N/A
Dual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
32.0 GB64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
21.0 GB/s
N/A

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