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Ryzen 5 2600X

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen+.
Release date: Q2 2018.

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Average Bench: 92.4% (42nd of 1158)

Based on 75,024 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F82 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor

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. [Apr '18 CPUPro]

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Poor: 81%Average: 92.4% Great: 99%
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier

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Excellent average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X averaged just 7.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Multi Core Integer Speed 935Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 958Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is just 17.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Single Core Integer Speed 113Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 117Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 75,024 samples)
Rank 4292.4%
Min Avg Max
102 SC Int 113 119
110 SC Float 121 128
107 SC Mixed 117 123
93.7% 117 Pts
Min Avg Max
363 QC Int 432 465
390 QC Float 462 502
373 QC Mixed 446 483
101% 447 Pts
Min Avg Max
845 MC Int 935 998
886 MC Float 966 1,033
862 MC Mixed 958 1,023
143% 953 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
102% Outstanding
SC Int 120
SC Float 130
SC Mixed 124
100% 125 Pts
QC Int 477
QC Float 519
QC Mixed 496
113% 497 Pts
MC Int 1,035
MC Float 1,076
MC Mixed 1,059
158% 1,057 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
97% Outstanding
SC Int 118
SC Float 126
SC Mixed 121
97% 122 Pts
QC Int 458
QC Float 492
QC Mixed 474
108% 475 Pts
MC Int 972
MC Float 998
MC Mixed 992
148% 987 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
95.9% Outstanding
SC Int 118
SC Float 127
SC Mixed 122
98% 122 Pts
QC Int 419
QC Float 410
QC Mixed 462
98% 430 Pts
MC Int 963
MC Float 990
MC Mixed 991
147% 981 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
95.2% Outstanding
SC Int 115
SC Float 125
SC Mixed 119
96% 120 Pts
QC Int 408
QC Float 475
QC Mixed 464
102% 449 Pts
MC Int 934
MC Float 979
MC Mixed 965
144% 959 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
72.5% Very good
SC Int 69.4
SC Float 76.6
SC Mixed 61
55% 69 Pts
QC Int 362
QC Float 381
QC Mixed 381
85% 375 Pts
MC Int 950
MC Float 976
MC Mixed 969
145% 965 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,792,756 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 75%
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Desktop 121%
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Workstation
Workstation 99%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $174Bench 92%, 75,024 samples3,397x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 614,494 samples1,522x
RX 580AMD  $175Bench 70%, 199,645 samples1,498x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 484,715 samples1,238x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $133Bench 271%, 91,268 samples1,175x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $90Bench 232%, 62,305 samples952x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $78Bench 106%, 132,236 samples854x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 86%, 189,631 samples1,574x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $75Bench 94%, 64,999 samples986x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 90%, 68,100 samples836x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 165% - Outstanding Total price: $744

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,232

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 14 months ago.
USA-User
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5,280

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

13 hrs ago.

lovely

DEU-User
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3,441

Good

7 days ago.

Paired it with Thermaltakes 120 RGB water cooling system for ~$50 and it just keeps marching through everything set in front of it - while never even bothering to get hot. OC it to 4.1 GHz and you may touch the low 60s (°C, with 24°C ambient). Atta boy :D

GBR-User
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3,386

Good

17 days ago.

secsy

TUR-User
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3,222

Excellent

5 days ago.

asd

CAN-User
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2,876

Good

10 days ago.

it good

FRA-User
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2,799

Excellent

8 days ago.

Destroy the earth with ryzen

BRA-User
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2,765

Excellent

16 days ago.

Just an amazing processor! It can read games pretty well (of course you need a decent GPU) as well as heavyweight applications.

IDN-User
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2,547

Poor

2 days ago.

best price for performance , join amd store mi (y)

AUS-User
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2,310

Excellent

12 days ago.

Good value for money, high performance

MEX-User
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2,270

Good

15 hrs ago.

3

JPN-User
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2,162

Good

19 days ago.

WAW

CZE-User
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2,050

Good

23 days ago.

ttt

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,044

Excellent

1 hr ago.

Cheap and amazing performance.

KOR-User
Avatar level
1,860

Excellent

1 month ago.

2600x nice

COL-User
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1,762

Excellent

6 hrs ago.

demaciada brecha de precio por un rendimiento muy similar casi invisible

CHE-User
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1,696

Excellent

1 month ago.

Your such a f**ing Good Processor, I love it

AUT-User
Avatar level
1,641

Good

10 days ago.

Good value and easy to oc to 4Ghz without problems.

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PRT-User
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1,636

Excellent

1 day ago.

5/5

FIN-User
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1,526

Excellent

22 days ago.

Yeetus it beetus my meetus

EGY-User
Avatar level
1,458

Excellent

16 days ago.

Cheap , Strong , Lovely God bless AMD and Ryzen

DNK-User
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1,406

Good

6 days ago.

it's just soo good for the money, at least in denmark.

NOR-User
Avatar level
1,316

Excellent

20 days ago.

Very versatile, works for pretty much any task, good price. Perfect for any budget build

PER-User
Avatar level
1,238

Excellent

1 day ago.

The Best

CPUPro
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1,232

Good

14 months ago.

CHN-User
Avatar level
1,198

Excellent

1 month ago.

AMD YES

DOM-User
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878

Excellent

3 months ago.

The BEst

IRQ-User
Avatar level
662

Excellent

3 months ago.

HND-User
Avatar level
576

Excellent

3 months ago.

Extremely fast and OCs very well.

UZB-User
Avatar level
480

Excellent

3 months ago.

Zor.

quantumniko
Avatar level
272

Excellent

14 months ago.

finally

rai7
Avatar level
42

Good

5 months ago.

pretty good for $200

Foxbit
Avatar level
32

Good

12 months ago.

Really good performance per dollar

Crazycatman
Avatar level
18

Terrible

1 month ago.

This is worse than the i5

Pascalfreak
Avatar level
10

Good

1 month ago.

Super good budget cpu. Great for gaming

Hercules333
Avatar level
8

Excellent

11 months ago.

Works wonderful, worth the buck, perfect for a nice high end rig

ary89
Avatar level
8

Excellent

7 months ago.

it boost all of it cores, as we expected, truly, little devil...

mumar1
Avatar level
8

Excellent

6 months ago.

By far best CPU in the 200 € range, excellent for gaming with 3.000+ MHz RAM

le_alain
Avatar level
8

Excellent

1 month ago.

Can be overcloked, 10% better than 8700k in multi-core, 10% under in single core. But at 4.3 Ghz, I have better results than my 4790k at 4.9Ghz, with the same 1060 6GB video card excellent results and 50% more efficient than the 4790k at 4.9 with the 6 cores active, and it is sensible

Kinni420
Avatar level
4

Excellent

4 months ago.

Sick...Too sick...paired up with NZXT X62 cooler....Sick....4.3 gigaHURTS….sick

NedFlanders
Avatar level
4

Excellent

4 months ago.

No OC needed, easily runs undervolted, Performance exceptionally good - even better with fast RAM.

kerveros
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 months ago.

I have it. Although it was a little difficult to match the 3600 ram, i did it and the think goes CRAZY!

t0x1c1337
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 months ago.

i have him already it deserves every last euro i spent for it

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