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Ryzen 5 2600

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

Average Bench: 75% (88th of 1197)

Based on 245,199 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. [Apr '18 CPUPro]

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Poor: 64%Average: 75% Great: 82%
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 averaged 24.9% 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

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 110Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 217Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is just 18.5%. 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 906Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 694Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 245,199 samples)
Rank 8875%
Min Avg Max
94.5 1-Core 110 118
186 2-Core 217 236
77.2% 164 Pts
Min Avg Max
340 4-Core 419 470
604 8-Core 694 782
70.4% 557 Pts
Min Avg Max
794 64-Core 906 1,003
60.8% 906 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
79.7% Very good
1-Core 115
2-Core 226
80% 170 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 762
77% 607 Pts
64-Core 940
63% 940 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
75.3% Very good
1-Core 113
2-Core 208
76% 160 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 660
69% 540 Pts
64-Core 886
60% 886 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
74.8% Very good
1-Core 114
2-Core 226
80% 170 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 690
69% 547 Pts
64-Core 936
63% 936 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
68.3% Good
1-Core 108
2-Core 214
76% 161 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 624
62% 490 Pts
64-Core 842
56% 842 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
67.1% Good
1-Core 101
2-Core 207
72% 154 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 576
60% 470 Pts
64-Core 765
51% 765 Pts
245,199 MORE »

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,718,290 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $200 @ launch in Apr '18
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $111

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $118Bench 75%, 245,199 samples9,079x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $180Bench 54%, 292,718 samples3,217x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $349Bench 85%, 97,704 samples1,988x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $285Bench 56%, 747,470 samples1,893x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 107%, 209,220 samples2,081x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $60Bench 109%, 69,140 samples936x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $49Bench 105%, 97,276 samples803x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 85%, 250,350 samples3,526x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 89%, 143,262 samples1,850x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $65Bench 88%, 84,902 samples1,264x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $549

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,282

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 19 months ago.
USA-User
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5,834

Good (edit your comment) Add link

7 hrs ago.

nice

DEU-User
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3,727

Good

1 day ago.

Best cpu ever lol

GBR-User
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3,716

Good

4 days ago.

Easily overclockable and cheap af

HKG-User
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3,688

Excellent

7 days ago.

best perf per dollar CPU in 2018

RUS-User
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3,500

Excellent

2 days ago.

very good quality, very good price for today!

TUR-User
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3,476

Excellent

4 days ago.

adam bular

CAN-User
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3,112

Good

20 hrs ago.

Great CPU Price and performance

FRA-User
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3,057

Good

3 days ago.

This is a Legend Prozessor for this Price

ITA-User
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2,707

Good

13 days ago.

Best value cpu, great price in comparison to performances

ESP-User
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2,601

Excellent

1 month ago.

it is very cheap, and cant expect more for 130 euros

AUS-User
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2,496

Excellent

1 day ago.

bad cpu i own it

HUN-User
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2,257

Excellent

2 days ago.

I like it

CZE-User
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2,198

Excellent

22 days ago.

ARG-User
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2,180

Good

4 days ago.

Rapido y confiable. Precio calidad un 10

GRC-User
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2,061

Excellent

1 month ago.

Wonderful processor for both desktop and workstation

THA-User
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1,990

Excellent

26 days ago.

aaa

MYS-User
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1,989

Excellent

19 days ago.

Best bang for the buck CPU.

TWN-User
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1,956

Good

8 days ago.

5/5

COL-User
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1,896

Good

28 days ago.

Exelente procesador con un bajo precio para su rendimiento

SWE-User
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1,842

Excellent

15 days ago.

Better

BGR-User
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1,842

Excellent

2 days ago.

Best price to performance CPU overall.

PAK-User
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1,814

Excellent

1 month ago.

Super affordable, powerful, overclockable, amazing CPU.

ZAF-User
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1,718

Excellent

2 months ago.

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

FIN-User
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1,640

Excellent

3 days ago.

I think it's best value for money.

LTU-User
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1,532

Good

8 days ago.

it does everything i need it to

DZA-User
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1,446

Good

6 days ago.

its hella good

SGP-User
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1,302

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,282

Good

19 months ago.

LVA-User
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1,150

Excellent

28 days ago.

yes

LKA-User
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978

Good

29 days ago.

so lame

ECU-User
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795

Excellent

1 month ago.

tiene un buen precio y ofrece mucho

quantumniko
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348

Excellent

19 months ago.

finally

rai7
Avatar level
42

Good

8 months 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

ExecutableFiles
Avatar level
36

Excellent

6 months ago.

Amazing cpu for the price, great overclocking potential, amazing multitasking!

AmaSplit
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32

Excellent

13 months ago.

Performance/price. Praise the competition

Zar1
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28

Excellent

4 months ago.

Really nice CPU, that is very affordable. Overclocks very well, and handles gaming perfectly.

ninjagamer22
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24

Excellent

5 months ago.

Great processor.

GNUWIN95
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24

Excellent

3 months ago.

great for the money, can't be beaten

djzgfx
Avatar level
22

Excellent

11 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

14 months ago.

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

Drezik99
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16

Excellent

13 months ago.

Better for OC than its X version

_LTG_
Avatar level
16

Excellent

12 months ago.

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

mark121m
Avatar level
14

Excellent

8 months 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

7 months ago.

Very cheap but powerful

Sopnil
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12

Excellent

4 months ago.

Nice to see

OKHI233
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8

Excellent

9 months ago.

AMD YES!

xuanvinhhue
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8

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

0liver243
Avatar level
6

Excellent

10 months ago.

dank

SlimShady1337
Avatar level
6

Excellent

5 months 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

5 months ago.

Awesome value CPU with solid performance at a low price

GameSharkN64
Avatar level
4

Good

18 months ago.

I own it :)

mikel1982
Avatar level
4

Excellent

11 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.

Sylentium
Avatar level
4

Excellent

10 months ago.

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

Altair88
Avatar level
4

Excellent

10 months ago.

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

TridentMint
Avatar level
4

Good

9 months ago.

cheap and good

Jollygoodusernm
Avatar level
2

Excellent

17 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

12 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

9 months ago.

Love This CPU had it for Ages!

kalhamm3r
Avatar level
2

Excellent

9 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
Avatar level
2

Excellent

7 months 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.

nayman898
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 months ago.

Great CPU for its price, it powers through a lot of games and holds its own quite well in rendering and CPU intensive tasks. It can be overclocked relatively nicely, from its stock 3.4 I have mine up to 4.25 with a custom loop LC and it boosts to about 4.8. Huge step up from the ancient BullDozer architecture of the FX series

Eternal_Ohm
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 months ago.

Use this CPU myself and it's great

PrinceTexasLoaf
Avatar level
2

Excellent

1 month 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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