Last March, AMD released their long awaited Ryzen line of processors, and the new AM4 socket and X370 chipset. Like any launch of a new architecture, it had its issues. However, overall it was a vast improvement over their previous Piledriver architecture. With the second generation of Ryzen processors based on AMDs 12 nm Zen+ architecture, the hope is they’ve worked out all the bugs such as overclocking issues and memory compatibility. Now, with over a year to work out the bugs, AMD has released their second generation of Ryzen processors, with their X470 chipset to go along with the new chips. In classic AMD fashion, they have kept the AM4 socket for this generation. In this review, we’ll be taking a look at both the R7 2700 and the R5 2600, both the non X variant. The big question is, did AMD continue to improve with their latest generation of Ryzen processors? We’ll try to answer that question the best we can and provide some evidence to back up our claim. So, let’s see how these two processors did against the competition, and each other.









Specifications

Ryzen 7 2700

# of CPU Cores 8

# of Threads 16

Base Clock 2GHz

Max Boost Clock 1GHz

Total L1 Cache 768KB

Total L2 Cache 4MB

Total L3 Cache 16MB

Unlocked Yes

CMOS 12nm FinFET

Package AM4

PCI Express Version PCIe 3.0 x16

Thermal Solution Wraith Spire with RGB LED

Default TDP / TDP 65W

Max Temps 95°C



System Memory

Max System Memory Speed 2933MHz

System Memory Type DDR4

Memory Channels 2



Ryzen 5 2600



# of CPU Cores 6

# of Threads 12

Base Clock 4GHz

Max Boost Clock 9GHz

Total L1 Cache 576KB

Total L2 Cache 3MB

Total L3 Cache 16MB

Unlocked Yes

CMOS 12nm FinFET

Package AM4

PCI Express Version PCIe 3.0 x16

Thermal Solution Wraith Stealth

Default TDP / TDP 65W

Max Temps 95°C



System Memory