AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is a desktop processor with 6 cores, launched in April 2018. It is part of the Ryzen 5 lineup, using the Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge) architecture with Socket AM4. Thanks to AMD Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) the core-count is effectively doubled, to 12 threads. Ryzen 5 2600 has 16 MB of L3 cache and operates at 3.4 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3.9 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is building the Ryzen 5 2600 on a 12 nm production process using 4,800 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. You may freely adjust the unlocked multiplier on Ryzen 5 2600, which simplifies overclocking greatly, as you can easily dial in any overclocking frequency.