ASRock has added the 45W Ryzen 7 2700E and Ryzen 5 2600E processors to the processor support list document for its AMD motherboards based on the A320, B350, X370, and X470 chipsets.
The upcoming Ryzen 7 2700E and Ryzen 5 2600E processors are full-fledged members of AMD's 'Pinnacle Ridge' high-end desktop (HEDT) family based on the chipmaker's renowned Zen+ microarchitecture. As such, both models are also fabricated under GlobalFoundries' 12nm manufacturing process and fit just fine into any AM4-socket motherboards with the right version of BIOS, of course.
The Ryzen 7 2700E is the energy-efficient version of AMD's present flagship Ryzen 7 2700X processor. The processor comes with eight cores and 16 threads alongside 16MB of L3 cache and 4MB of L2 cache. When compared to its 105W brethren that runs at a base clock of 3.7 GHz, the Ryzen 7 2700E has a modest base clock of 2.8 GHz, which allows it to carry a 45W TDP rating. Unfortunately, ASRock isn't accustomed to listing the boost clocks for the supported processors on the list.
As the model number indicates, the Ryzen 5 2600E is the low-powered variant of the Ryzen 5 2600X. It has six cores, 12 threads, 16MB of L3 cache, and 3MB of L2 cache. The processor is clocked at a base clock of 3.1 GHz, which is only 500 MHz slower than its "x" part. The Ryzen 5 2600E is also a 45W processor.
With many European computer hardware stores are already taking pre-orders on the soon-to-be-released B450 motherboards, AMD's B450 chipset launch is imminent. We expect the Ryzen 7 2700E and Ryzen 5 2600E processors to accompany this launch.
