AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core2 Duo
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Series
  Ryzen 2000 Series -
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 5 3600 No

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.9 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.7 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No -
• JPEG
  No -
• VC-1
  No -
• VP8
  No -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 x16 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  2933 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) Yorkfield
• Codename
  Pinnacle Ridge -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L1-Cache
  0.5625 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB No
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD2600BBAFBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  YD2600BBAFMPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD2600BBM6IAF -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2018-04-19 Q3/2008
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 775
• Technology
  12nm FinFET 45 nm
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-d