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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: 78.9% (50th of 1182)

Based on 103,325 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: 68%Average: 78.9% 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 21.0% 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 17.8%. 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 956Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 730Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 103,325 samples)
Rank 5078.9%
Min Avg Max
107 1-Core 117 124
202 2-Core 230 245
82% 174 Pts
Min Avg Max
375 4-Core 444 482
648 8-Core 730 810
74.4% 587 Pts
Min Avg Max
859 64-Core 956 1,030
64.2% 956 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 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
87.9% Excellent
1-Core 125
2-Core 248
88% 186 Pts
4-Core 497
8-Core 841
84% 669 Pts
64-Core 1,051
71% 1,051 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
85.6% Excellent
1-Core 126
2-Core 246
88% 186 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 798
81% 640 Pts
64-Core 1023
69% 1023 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
79.4% Very good
1-Core 117
2-Core 230
82% 174 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 728
75% 588 Pts
64-Core 959
64% 959 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
78.8% Very good
1-Core 115
2-Core 229
81% 172 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 696
73% 570 Pts
64-Core 913
61% 913 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
74.8% Very good
1-Core 118
2-Core 220
81% 169 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 720
72% 570 Pts
64-Core 999
67% 999 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 68%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $148Bench 79%, 103,325 samples4,156x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $178Bench 70%, 240,041 samples2,052x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $270Bench 70%, 667,469 samples1,772x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 97%, 615,798 samples1,695x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 107%, 167,548 samples1,438x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $90Bench 235%, 69,854 samples838x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 275%, 99,218 samples837x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 85%, 226,966 samples1,934x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 88%, 80,239 samples1,543x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $95Bench 84%, 36,924 samples906x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $604

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,252

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 16 months ago.
USA-User
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5,494

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

HKG-User
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3,494

Terrible

1 month ago.

every game shutter lag and bad FPS

IDN-User
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2,697

Good

20 days ago.

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

ROU-User
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2,587

Poor

19 days ago.

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

NLD-User
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2,116

Good

12 days ago.

Cheap and amazing performance.

COL-User
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1,826

Excellent

17 days ago.

demaciada brecha de precio por un rendimiento muy similar casi invisible

CHE-User
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1,748

Excellent

3 months ago.

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

AUT-User
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1,705

Excellent

30 days ago.

Info  www.userbenchmark.com/...

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EGY-User
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1,526

Good

19 days ago.

Cheap , Strong , Lovely God bless AMD and Ryzen

DNK-User
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1,470

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

NOR-User
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1,358

Excellent

15 days ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,252

Good

16 months ago.

IRL-User
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1,086

Excellent

23 days ago.

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

IRQ-User
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688

Excellent

5 months ago.

HND-User
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604

Excellent

16 days ago.

Extremely fast and OCs very well.

quantumniko
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296

Excellent

16 months ago.

finally

rai7
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42

Good

7 months ago.

pretty good for $200

Foxbit
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34

Good

14 months ago.

Really good performance per dollar

Crazycatman
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18

Terrible

3 months ago.

This is worse than the i5

NedFlanders
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14

Excellent

6 months ago.

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

ary89
Avatar level
10

Excellent

9 months ago.

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

Pascalfreak
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10

Good

3 months ago.

Super good budget cpu. Great for gaming

Hercules333
Avatar level
8

Excellent

12 months ago.

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

mumar1
Avatar level
8

Excellent

8 months ago.

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

le_alain
Avatar level
8

Excellent

3 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

6 months ago.

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

kerveros
Avatar level
2

Excellent

8 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

6 months ago.

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

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