Intel Atom C5115 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Let's find out which one of Intel Atom C5115 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Atom C5115 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• Family
  Intel Atom AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Intel Atom C5000 AMD Ryzen 2000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  6 2
• Successor
  -- AMD Ryzen 5 3600

In this block we are going to compare Intel Atom C5115 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  2.80 GHz 3.40 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Atom C5115 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Atom C5115 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

To choose the best model between Intel Atom C5115 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Atom C5115 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  43 W 65 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 \xc2\xb0C 95 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Atom C5115 and AMD Ryzen 5 2600 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  10 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  BGA 2106 AM4
• L2-Cache
  9.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Parker Ridge Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel QAT SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2018