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Ryzen 5 2600X

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

Average Bench: 79.4% (156th of 1307)

Based on 276,664 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. Even though the 2600X 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: 69%Average: 79.4% Great: 87%
Gaming
Gaming 79%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X averaged 20.6% 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 115Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 79.4Pts

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

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 931Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 708Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 276,664 samples)
Rank 15679.4%
Min Avg Max
70.8 Memory 79.4 87.7
98.5 1-Core 115 123
189 2-Core 224 242
79.9% 140 Pts
Min Avg Max
352 4-Core 426 478
608 8-Core 708 792
71.8% 567 Pts
Min Avg Max
772 64-Core 931 1,015
62.5% 931 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 84.6
1-Core 122
2-Core 243
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 815
81% 646 Pts
64-Core 1,010
68% 1,010 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
78.4% Very good
Memory 75.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 234
81% 144 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 726
74% 582 Pts
64-Core 974
65% 974 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
65.3% Good
Memory 67.6
1-Core 103
2-Core 198
70% 123 Pts
4-Core 339
8-Core 570
58% 455 Pts
64-Core 795
53% 795 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
54.3% Above average
Memory 63
1-Core 62.5
2-Core 123
50% 82.8 Pts
4-Core 245
8-Core 513
46% 379 Pts
64-Core 663
44% 663 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 42,187,586 CPUs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $230 @ launch in Apr '18
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Gaming 96%
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Desktop 84%
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Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $200Bench 79%, 276,664 samples1x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 432,191 samples6,367x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 345,086 samples5,946x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $338Bench 89%, 366,438 samples5,662x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $66Bench 107%, 556,834 samples3,685x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 284%, 282,296 samples2,866x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $72Bench 271%, 331,062 samples2,630x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $110Bench 83%, 239,246 samples6,614x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples6,370x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples4,374x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $1,021

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

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

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
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7,740

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 days ago.

IDN-User
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3,759

Excellent

2 months ago.

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

ITA-User
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3,439

Good

3 days ago.

I saw that in your website amd’s cpus are under rated. Plz fix it. Intel’s ones are over rated, you can also see the proufe on youtube.

ARG-User
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2,748

Good

8 months ago.

si se acompaña con una buena gpu va muy bien

AUT-User
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2,231

Liked

3 months ago.

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CHE-User
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2,222

Good

11 months ago.

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

EGY-User
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2,152

Excellent

4 months ago.

Cheap , Strong , Lovely God bless AMD and Ryzen

CPUPro
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1,933

Good

3 years ago.

NOR-User
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1,776

Excellent

7 months ago.

I have used this great prosessor for 2,5 years now. Love it

IRL-User
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1,390

Excellent

19 months ago.

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

AZE-User
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1,018

Excellent

17 months ago.

Cheap, good, gets the job done beautifully

IRQ-User
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994

Excellent

12 months ago.

HND-User
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818

Excellent

6 months ago.

Extremely fast and OCs very well.

rai7
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42

Good

2 years ago.

pretty good for $200

JaiJai
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28

Excellent

3 months ago.

Having a better first time than with 1700x Super fast super powerful. Dont let the age and tier fool you

Crazycatman
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18

Terrible

23 months ago.

This is worse than the i5

Cloudy
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12

Poor

18 months ago.

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

Pascalfreak
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10

Good

23 months ago.

Super good budget cpu. Great for gaming

Hercules333
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8

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

mumar1
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8

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

le_alain
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8

Excellent

23 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
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4

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

Sadiq04
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4

Excellent

18 months ago.

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

kerveros
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2

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

t0x1c1337
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2

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

KttyLndLuvCtr
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2

Excellent

12 months ago.

This is a phenomenal CPU for the money. Of course the next gen Ryzen is out now, making it slightly obsolete, but still a fantastic bang for the buck performance unit.

salvahp
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2

Good

11 months ago.

Good to the price

bodasactra
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2

Excellent

10 months ago.

Just tested at 91.4 the fastest 2600X score here. Beats most 3600 and it was an insane $89.00 on sale at Micro Center Jan 2020. Scored better than the 3600 on CPUZ single and multi verified as well. I think I have the worlds first unofficial 2600XT.

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