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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: 78.6% (53rd of 1184)

Based on 120,156 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: 67%Average: 78.6% Great: 85%
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X averaged 21.4% 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

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 117Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 230Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is just 18.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 949Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 726Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 120,156 samples)
Rank 5378.6%
Min Avg Max
105 1-Core 117 124
206 2-Core 230 244
82% 174 Pts
Min Avg Max
372 4-Core 443 482
624 8-Core 726 804
74.1% 584 Pts
Min Avg Max
826 64-Core 949 1,020
63.7% 949 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
84.5% Excellent
1-Core 124
2-Core 240
86% 182 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 795
80% 636 Pts
64-Core 998
67% 998 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
81.3% Excellent
1-Core 116
2-Core 228
81% 172 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 790
79% 624 Pts
64-Core 984
66% 984 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
81.1% Excellent
1-Core 116
2-Core 231
82% 174 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 726
75% 592 Pts
64-Core 963
65% 963 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
79% Very good
1-Core 112
2-Core 223
79% 168 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 743
75% 595 Pts
64-Core 948
64% 948 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,952,762 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $230 @ launch in Apr '18
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 63%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $158Bench 79%, 120,156 samples4,996x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $150Bench 55%, 282,842 samples2,480x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 658,138 samples2,088x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $409Bench 78%, 627,011 samples2,061x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 109%, 179,776 samples1,716x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 275%, 112,126 samples1,015x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $79Bench 237%, 76,729 samples927x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 84%, 231,821 samples2,414x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 87%, 92,333 samples1,845x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $100Bench 86%, 31,919 samples1,095x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $569

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,267

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 18 months ago.
USA-User
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5,642

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 days ago.

HKG-User
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3,604

Excellent

22 days ago.

every game shutter lag and bad FPS

CAN-User
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3,054

Excellent

28 days ago.

oc to 4.1ghz in bios..I have no instaled the programe boost ect on the OS , 3200mhz and i have rank 99% faSter than other 2600x... :p

FRA-User
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3,003

Excellent

1 month ago.

dd

POL-User
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2,892

Good

17 days ago.

really very good CPU!!!!

IDN-User
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2,821

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

ROU-User
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2,665

Good

25 days ago.

The price is wrong. Market price is around 950 Ron = 210 Euro

IND-User
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2,632

Excellent

1 day ago.

i love the work of ryzen ,and i quite cheaper then intel

NLD-User
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2,190

Excellent

29 days ago.

Cheap and amazing performance.

ARG-User
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2,146

Excellent

3 days ago.

si se acompaña con una buena gpu va muy bien

TWN-User
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1,936

Excellent

1 month ago.

5/5

COL-User
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1,868

Excellent

19 days ago.

a beast 3

SRB-User
Avatar level
1,794

Excellent

29 days ago.

price/performance rate

CHE-User
Avatar level
1,768

Excellent

5 months ago.

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

AUT-User
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1,755

Excellent

19 days ago.

Info  www.userbenchmark.com/...

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passmark (office PC)

EGY-User
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1,606

Excellent

1 month ago.

Cheap , Strong , Lovely God bless AMD and Ryzen

DNK-User
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1,512

Excellent

22 days ago.

its

NOR-User
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1,392

Poor

16 days ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,267

Good

18 months ago.

IRL-User
Avatar level
1,126

Excellent

29 days ago.

Faster, more stable and cheaper than it's intel competition.

AZE-User
Avatar level
760

Excellent

9 days ago.

Cheap, good, gets the job done beautifully

IRQ-User
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736

Excellent

29 days ago.

HND-User
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646

Excellent

30 days ago.

Extremely fast and OCs very well.

quantumniko
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296

Excellent

18 months ago.

finally

rai7
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42

Good

9 months ago.

pretty good for $200

Foxbit
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34

Good

16 months ago.

Really good performance per dollar

NedFlanders
Avatar level
18

Excellent

8 months ago.

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

Crazycatman
Avatar level
18

Terrible

5 months ago.

This is worse than the i5

ary89
Avatar level
10

Excellent

11 months ago.

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

Pascalfreak
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10

Good

5 months ago.

Super good budget cpu. Great for gaming

Cloudy
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10

Poor

14 days ago.

Awful for 1080p gaming unless it is paired with a weak GPU, plus it picky with RAM and overclocks very poorly.

Hercules333
Avatar level
8

Excellent

14 months ago.

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

mumar1
Avatar level
8

Excellent

10 months ago.

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

le_alain
Avatar level
8

Excellent

5 months 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

8 months ago.

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

Sadiq04
Avatar level
4

Excellent

9 days ago.

Cheap and has pretty good performance, the best mid tier CPU alongside its non-X version.

kerveros
Avatar level
2

Excellent

10 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

8 months ago.

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

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