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Best Bench: 86% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 64% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)

Poor: 64% Great: 86%

SPEED RANK: 320^th / 1442

Gaming 74%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 67%

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140,440 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 82% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 62% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 62% Great: 82%

SPEED RANK: 326^th / 1442

Gaming 74%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 67%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		74 %	+0%		73.7 %


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review	6 %	Hitm2 7%, FarC5 9%, StrangeB 2%, TWarW2 9%, SotTR 5%, ACO 8%, MetroEx 7%, MESoW 4%, Divis2 4%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	6 %	FarC5 8%, BFV 6%, SotTR 4%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 9%, ACO 5%, MetroEx 7%, Sekiro 10%, Wolf2 8%
20 Oct20\|Tom's Hardware AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Non-X Mar...	16 %	Hitm2 15%, FarC5 19%, AotS 15%, WarhDoW3 19%, ProjC2 18%, GTAV 18%, Civ6 14%, FinFant15 15%, WoT 18%, Divis2 5%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.4 Pts	+5%	73.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	112 Pts	+2%	110 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	214 Pts		215 Pts	+0%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	386 Pts		400 Pts	+4%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	643 Pts		646 Pts	+0%


Memory OC Memory Latency	85.1 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +5%	80.7 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	125 Pts	+4%	120 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	247 Pts	+3%	239 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	479 Pts	+4%	461 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	729 Pts	+1%	725 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.12 %	Hugely higher market share. +200%	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	93.3 %	+2%	91.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	84 %	More popular. +24%	68 %
Price Price (score)	$120	+4%	$125


Age Newest	72 Months	More recent. +14%	84 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm	Newer manufacturing. +14%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.2 GHz	+5%	4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	946 Pts	+3%	917 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	828 Pts		834 Pts	+1%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The 6 core, 12 thread Ryzen 5 2600X is one of four new AMD second generation of high-end desktop Ryzen processors (codenamed Pinnacle Ridge) renowned for excellent value multi-core performance. The 2600X is set to replace the also 6 core, 12 thread 1600X as AMD’s new mid-range Ryzen 5 flagship. The latest generation of CPUs features a matured Zen+ chip architecture with 12nm lithography, increased clock speeds and Precision Boost 2 technology designed to leverage more CPU power than per the first generation. The 2600X appears to have stock base / boost clock speeds of 3.6 / 4.2 GHz. This is only marginally faster than the 1600X’s 3.6 / 4.0 GHz. Modest effective speed improvements are expected, although further benchmarks are necessary to draw firm conclusions. The 2600X ships with a Wraith Spire cooler and is priced reasonably at an expected $250. However, for most use cases, the new lower clocked Ryzen 5 2600 at $200 represents better value for money. Pinnacle Ridge processors are designed to work with the new 400 series motherboards, which allow for greater overclocking head room, and they are also backwards compatible with the 300 series motherboard following a bios update. Even though the 2600X is plausible for multimedia production streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 5 1600X is the flagship processor from AMD's latest generation of Ryzen 5 processors which feature the Zen architecture. Following on from last month's release of the Ryzen 7 series, the Ryzen 5 series is positioned as a less expensive mid-performance alternative to Intel's i5 mainstream offerings. Once again, AMD excels in multi-core technology. Like the Ryzen 5 1600, the 1600X features 6 cores and 12 threads, but has roughly 11% higher clock speeds (out of the box) for a 14% premium. Like all Ryzen CPUs the 1600X is unlocked. The 1600X is the only Ryzen 5 CPU with a TDP of 95W, the 1600, 1500X and 1400 all have 50% lower power consumption of 65W. Due to its high thread count, UserBenchmarks show that at stock clocks the 1600X outperforms the i7-7700k on multi-threaded tasks by 23%, but it lags behind by 23% for single and 14% for quad-core performance. The 1600X is priced keenly at $249 so a more appropriate CPU comparison is the i5-7600k where the 1600X wins on stock multi-core by a whopping 81%. The 1600X does represent great value for workstation users that also game but its $30 cheaper sibling, the 1600 (non x version), which includes a cooler and has great overclocking potential out of the box is arguably the the value king in this segment. ^{[Apr '17 CPUPro]}

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