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Ryzen 5 2600

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen+.
Release date: Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 76.4% (200th of 1316)

Based on 698,013 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F82 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor

The Ryzen 5 2600, from AMD’s second generation (Zen+) of high-end desktop Ryzen processors, supersedes the first generation Ryzen 5 1600. The newer generation sees a lithography reduction from 14nm to 12nm, but no increase in the number of cores and threads (6 and 12 respectively) over the ground-breaking first generation which continues to surpass similarly priced Intel CPUs in terms of multi-core performance. In other words, progress between generations is predominantly driven by power efficiency and therefore higher attainable clock speeds. The 2600 appears to have a stock base/boost clock of 3.4 / 3.9 GHz compared to the 1600’s 3.2 / 3.6 GHz which is expected to result in a modest increase in effective speed that said, early benchmarks are inconclusive. Included in the expected retail price of about $200 is a Wraith Stealth cooler, so the 2600, like the 1600 before it, represents great value for workstation users. The 2600 compliments the new 400 series motherboards and is also backwards compatible with the 300 series following a bios update. Even though the 2600 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]

Poor: 67%Average: 76.4% Great: 83%
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 averaged 23.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 78.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 108Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is just 16.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 878Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 666Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 698,013 samples)
Rank 20076.4%
Min Avg Max
70.7 Memory 78.4 85.3
93.9 1-Core 108 116
175 2-Core 211 229
76.3% 132 Pts
Min Avg Max
324 4-Core 400 452
570 8-Core 666 751
67.4% 533 Pts
Min Avg Max
741 64-Core 878 970
58.9% 878 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 80.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 219
79% 137 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 728
74% 585 Pts
64-Core 917
62% 917 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
76.5% Very good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 207
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 652
66% 522 Pts
64-Core 863
58% 863 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
74.2% Very good
Memory 73.5
1-Core 114
2-Core 215
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 403
8-Core 659
67% 531 Pts
64-Core 925
62% 925 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
74% Very good
Memory 82.5
1-Core 108
2-Core 210
78% 133 Pts
4-Core 353
8-Core 621
61% 487 Pts
64-Core 851
57% 851 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
65.4% Good
Memory 68.7
1-Core 99.6
2-Core 185
68% 118 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 616
59% 475 Pts
64-Core 794
53% 794 Pts
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $200 @ launch in Apr '18
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Gaming 47%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $69

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $183Bench 76%, 698,013 samples15,259x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples6,900x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 343,103 samples5,197x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 268,091 samples4,315x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $35Bench 62%, 298,090 samples3,350x
A400 480GBKingston  $55Bench 75%, 156,295 samples1,656x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 56%, 136,347 samples1,521x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples3,928x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $92Bench 81%, 510,924 samples2,870x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $89Bench 84%, 212,382 samples2,026x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $586

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

Based on the new 12 nm "Pinnacle Ridge" silicon with higher clock speeds...

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USA-User
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7,888

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

7 days ago.

AUS-User
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3,230

Excellent

14 days ago.

RYYYYYYYYYYZEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNN!

MEX-User
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3,218

Good

3 months ago.

Good cpu, best price and performance!

SWE-User
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2,316

Excellent

1 month ago.

very good very good good price

HRV-User
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1,956

Excellent

5 months ago.

its a very good little processor, never heats up above 100C.

CPUPro
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1,933

Good

3 years ago.

CRI-User
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1,026

Excellent

8 months ago.

so far so good, it was cheap and it does the job

BHR-User
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532

Excellent

18 months ago.

good price for excellent performance

rai7
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42

Good

2 years ago.

nearly identical to the 1600x apart from it being way more energy efficient with 65 watts compared to 1600x's 95 watt tdp. worth the money

Drezik99
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20

Excellent

2 years ago.

Better for OC than its X version

_LTG_
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16

Excellent

2 years ago.

Absolutely amazing speed and great value for the money. OCs like a dream.

mark121m
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14

Excellent

2 years ago.

loving my build, price to performance, now clocked @ 4.15ghz with a Deepcool Gammax 400 cooler. Cinabench @ 1433 cpu & 172 single

Tugboat_Blu
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12

Excellent

2 years ago.

Very cheap but powerful

Sopnil
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12

Excellent

23 months ago.

Nice to see

0liver243
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8

Excellent

2 years ago.

dank

xuanvinhhue
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8

Excellent

20 months ago.

easily OC to 4100 with any decent cooler, outperform 2600x in cinebench r20 with 3400 MHZ timing from ryzen dram calculator

athosdewitt
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8

Excellent

14 months ago.

+ i don't really need OC at load stays at ~ 3.7 on 4 cores and 3.9 on 2 cores max 1.3v I dislike about overclocking the fixed voltage even when cores downclocks idle to 1500mhz but i think i have a good batch because does 4.2 below 1.35v maybe with a high end graphic card and 144hz panel worth

mikel1982
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6

Excellent

2 years ago.

Huge bang for buck. With factory cooler 4.0 is easily attainable with modest temps in the 38-40 deg. range at idle.

SlimShady1337
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6

Excellent

2 years ago.

Its Amazing for 6 Cores 12 threads, With ryzen 7 RGB heatsink with this CPU had to buy it separately.

JiMiKi
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6

Excellent

2 years ago.

Awesome value CPU with solid performance at a low price

Ivesta
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6

Excellent

18 months ago.

Really good value processor.

OCGerry
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6

Good

11 months ago.

Great overclocking potential in combination with fast RAM and a decent cooling system.

PrinceTexasLoaf
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4

Excellent

20 months ago.

I only oc mine up to around 3.9 ghz It can go higher but the voltage has to be raised quite a bit I sadly lost the silicone lottery

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