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Ryzen 5 2600X

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

Average Bench: 74% (297th of 1420)

Based on 142,983 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: 64%Average: 74% Great: 86%
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X averaged 25.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 76.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 112Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is 21.8%. 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 Speed 828Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 643Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 142,983 samples)
Rank 29774%
Min Avg Max
67.5 Memory 76.4 85.1
84 1-Core 112 125
163 2-Core 214 247
75.1% 134 Pts
Min Avg Max
301 4-Core 386 479
522 8-Core 643 729
62.7% 514 Pts
Min Avg Max
676 64-Core 828 946
51.3% 828 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 GHz (avg)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 81.1
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 496
8-Core 753
77% 625 Pts
64-Core 882
55% 882 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 82.1
1-Core 124
2-Core 244
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 716
74% 595 Pts
64-Core 930
58% 930 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 81.5
1-Core 121
2-Core 235
81% 146 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 704
72% 584 Pts
64-Core 927
57% 927 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $121Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $235Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,376x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $378Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,218x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $435Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,171x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples816x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $55Bench 310%, 455,997 samples711x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $127Bench 112%, 602,853 samples627x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,426x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,400x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples883x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $600

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 Comments

CPUPro
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2,057

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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9,522

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

25 days ago.

IDN-User
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4,503

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

ITA-User
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3,979

Excellent

9 months 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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3,146

Excellent

2 months ago.

si se acompaña con una buena gpu va muy bien

EGY-User
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2,990

Excellent

2 years ago.

Cheap , Strong , Lovely God bless AMD and Ryzen

CHE-User
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2,554

Good

21 months ago.

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

CPUPro
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2,057

Good

5 years ago.

IRL-User
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1,654

Good

10 months ago.

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

IRQ-User
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1,372

Excellent

3 years ago.

AZE-User
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1,330

Excellent

3 years ago.

Cheap, good, gets the job done beautifully

HND-User
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934

Terrible

20 months ago.

Extremely fast and OCs very well.

rai7
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42

Good

4 years ago.

pretty good for $200

Crazycatman
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18

Terrible

4 years ago.

This is worse than the i5

Cloudy
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12

Poor

4 years 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

4 years ago.

Super good budget cpu. Great for gaming

Hercules333
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8

Excellent

5 years ago.

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

mumar1
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8

Excellent

4 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

4 years 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

4 years ago.

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

Sadiq04
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4

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

kerveros
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2

Excellent

4 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

4 years ago.

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

KttyLndLuvCtr
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2

Excellent

3 years 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

3 years ago.

Good to the price

bodasactra
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2

Excellent

3 years 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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