AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Xeon W-2235. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000 Intel Xeon W-2200/3200
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Xeon W
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  2 7
• Predecessor
  - Intel Xeon W-2135
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 2000 Series -
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 5 3600 -

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 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.9 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.7 GHz 4.6 GHz

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 no iGPU
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html -
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon W-2235 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-2933
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 x16 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 48
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  2933 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and Intel Xeon W-2235 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 -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 130 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and Intel Xeon W-2235, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) Cascade Lake W
• Codename
  Pinnacle Ridge -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L1-Cache
  0.5625 MB -
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 8.25 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD2600BBAFBOX -
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  YD2600BBAFMPK -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD2600BBM6IAF -
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html -
• 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 Q4/2019
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 2066
• Technology
  12nm FinFET 14 nm
• Thermal Solution (MPK)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  AMD Wraith Stealth -
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. -
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d