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Ryzen 5 2600

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

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Average Bench: 88% (49th of 1147)

Based on 111,597 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 money, especially for workstation users. The 2600 compliments the new 400 series motherboards and is also backwards compatible with the 300 series following a bios update. [Apr '18 CPUPro]

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Poor: 77%Average: 88% Great: 97%
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 averaged just 11.9% 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

Multi Core Integer Speed 891Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 918Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is just 19.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Single Core Integer Speed 107Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 111Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 111,597 samples)
Rank 4988%
Min Avg Max
96.3 SC Int 107 116
105 SC Float 116 125
102 SC Mixed 111 120
89.1% 111 Pts
Min Avg Max
356 QC Int 413 455
369 QC Float 442 494
355 QC Mixed 425 474
96.6% 427 Pts
Min Avg Max
794 MC Int 891 983
834 MC Float 926 1,025
822 MC Mixed 918 1,015
137% 912 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
94.4% Outstanding
SC Int 111
SC Float 120
SC Mixed 116
93% 116 Pts
QC Int 442
QC Float 482
QC Mixed 461
105% 462 Pts
MC Int 948
MC Float 998
MC Mixed 993
147% 980 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
93% Outstanding
SC Int 110
SC Float 119
SC Mixed 114
91% 114 Pts
QC Int 437
QC Float 475
QC Mixed 454
103% 455 Pts
MC Int 944
MC Float 984
MC Mixed 976
145% 968 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
91% Outstanding
SC Int 111
SC Float 121
SC Mixed 116
93% 116 Pts
QC Int 426
QC Float 463
QC Mixed 443
101% 444 Pts
MC Int 886
MC Float 888
MC Mixed 895
133% 890 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
89.6% Excellent
SC Int 108
SC Float 115
SC Mixed 111
89% 111 Pts
QC Int 419
QC Float 464
QC Mixed 436
100% 440 Pts
MC Int 916
MC Float 930
MC Mixed 937
139% 928 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 16,460,134 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $200 @ launch in Apr '18
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Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $165Bench 88%, 111,597 samples4,329x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $190Bench 70%, 159,819 samples1,376x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 571,625 samples879x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $379Bench 98%, 545,643 samples754x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 111,070 samples903x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $90Bench 230%, 60,358 samples466x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $70Bench 108%, 33,951 samples391x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 86%, 177,637 samples1,337x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $95Bench 92%, 54,910 samples540x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 22,842 samples487x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 129% - Outstanding Total price: $640

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,227

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 12 months ago.
USA-User
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5,070

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

6 hrs ago.

wow... this cpu has some epic gamer style... will rrungames, is cool cpu goes fast like cpu should

DEU-User
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3,331

Excellent

9 hrs ago.

is better

GBR-User
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3,268

Good

1 day ago.

hnghcjh

RUS-User
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3,202

Good

3 hrs ago.

хорошая производительность + цена/качество, лучше i7 7700

TUR-User
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3,104

Excellent

33 mins ago.

nice

CAN-User
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2,784

Excellent

1 day ago.

garbage

FRA-User
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2,701

Excellent

19 hrs ago.

C'est du génie

BRA-User
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2,679

Terrible

6 days ago.

Nice CPU

POL-User
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2,662

Excellent

1 day ago.

its cold and i have much FPS :D

ITA-User
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2,397

Excellent

18 days ago.

Very fast, doesn't heat up a lot like my old intel core i5

ROU-User
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2,391

Good

2 hrs ago.

very g

ESP-User
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2,319

Good

5 days ago.

I own this cpu for two months now and is a total beast in multitask.

AUS-User
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2,218

Excellent

21 days ago.

Great price for the value

CZE-User
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2,002

Terrible

28 days ago.

NLD-User
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1,980

Excellent

28 days ago.

i have it is really fast

ARG-User
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1,910

Poor

3 days ago.

Rapido y confiable. Precio calidad un 10

GRC-User
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1,867

Poor

11 days ago.

Wonderful processor for both desktop and workstation

THA-User
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1,780

Excellent

18 days ago.

Better than Intel with the same price

COL-User
Avatar level
1,690

Excellent

11 days ago.

Exelente procesador con un bajo precio para su rendimiento

PRT-User
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1,598

Good

3 days ago.

very gud

PAK-User
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1,582

Good

3 months ago.

Super affordable, powerful, overclockable, amazing CPU.

FIN-User
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1,492

Good

3 days ago.

ryzen 5 2600 owner

ZAF-User
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1,458

Good

2 months ago.

Easy to overclock to 4 Ghz and super stable at 4 with great performance

DNK-User
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1,376

Excellent

29 days ago.

its great value for money

NOR-User
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1,292

Excellent

1 month ago.

Cus i just bought a 10000kr pc that has it in it

CPUPro
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1,227

Good

12 months ago.

SGP-User
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1,212

Good

3 days ago.

have one, affordable, good performance, what else can I ask for?

EST-User
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988

Excellent

1 day ago.

perfect value

ECU-User
Avatar level
687

Excellent

5 months ago.

tiene un buen precio y ofrece mucho

quantumniko
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272

Excellent

12 months ago.

finally

rai7
Avatar level
42

Good

1 month 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

AmaSplit
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30

Excellent

6 months ago.

Performance/price. Praise the competition

djzgfx
Avatar level
22

Excellent

4 months ago.

Got this beauty on sale at 119 on newegg. Great price to performance. Outperforms my overclocked 7700k on many tasks. Used it for my friend's editing rig build. No complaints!

TeaEqualsLife
Avatar level
18

Excellent

7 months ago.

Brilliant CPU that can be overclocked to have much better performance than the 2600x.

_LTG_
Avatar level
16

Excellent

5 months ago.

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

Drezik99
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14

Excellent

6 months ago.

Better for OC than its X version

mark121m
Avatar level
14

Excellent

1 month 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

21 days ago.

Very cheap but powerful

OKHI233
Avatar level
8

Excellent

2 months ago.

AMD YES!

GameSharkN64
Avatar level
4

Good

11 months ago.

I own it :)

mikel1982
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4

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

0liver243
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4

Excellent

3 months ago.

dank

Sylentium
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4

Excellent

3 months ago.

theres no better cpu available yet with a better price/performance

Altair88
Avatar level
4

Excellent

3 months ago.

Amazing CPU ! One of the best Price/performance value !!!

TridentMint
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4

Good

3 months ago.

cheap and good

Jollygoodusernm
Avatar level
2

Excellent

11 months ago.

Low TDP, was able to OC to 4325mhz using EVGA 240 cooling kit. A slight upgrade for gaming when compared to old sandy bridge i5's but vastly superior in all other uses. Do I need 6 cores? Probably not, but it's nice to have when multitasking. The Ryzen 2600 will likely last just as long as the 2500k did for me, an exceptional value!

Galva
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 months ago.

Powerfull, No Lag, but most of all it's CHEAP. 'cuz i'm a Price Over Performance's person

BBBB
Avatar level
2

Good

3 months ago.

Love This CPU had it for Ages!

kalhamm3r
Avatar level
2

Excellent

2 months ago.

Superb value, and it crushes almost everything i throw at it, ESPECIALLY when you compare PRICE to PERFORMANCE ratio... it's simply unbeatable. Cheers.

Conza
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2

Excellent

1 month ago.

It is the goldilocks of CPUs in 2018, has just enough frequency, plenty of cores and threads and it's unlocked on relatively cheap motherboards.

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