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Ryzen 5 2600X

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

Average Bench: 78.4% (182nd of 1323)

Based on 331,420 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: 67%Average: 78.4% Great: 86%
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X averaged 21.6% 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 114Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 79Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is just 18.5%. 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 951Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 714Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 331,420 samples)
Rank 18278.4%
Min Avg Max
70.8 Memory 79 87.8
96.8 1-Core 114 122
183 2-Core 221 241
79.1% 138 Pts
Min Avg Max
337 4-Core 418 470
615 8-Core 714 789
71.3% 566 Pts
Min Avg Max
813 64-Core 951 1,034
63.9% 951 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
83% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 721
73% 580 Pts
64-Core 991
66% 991 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
79.7% Very good
Memory 84
1-Core 115
2-Core 228
82% 142 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 719
70% 562 Pts
64-Core 988
66% 988 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
77.9% Very good
Memory 77.4
1-Core 121
2-Core 217
80% 138 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 738
73% 580 Pts
64-Core 1003
67% 1003 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
75.2% Very good
Memory 78
1-Core 110
2-Core 215
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 670
67% 529 Pts
64-Core 719
48% 719 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
72.8% Very good
Memory 73.4
1-Core 101
2-Core 208
73% 128 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 676
67% 532 Pts
64-Core 923
62% 923 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 48,533,251 CPUs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $230 @ launch in Apr '18
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Gaming 94%
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Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 88%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $275Bench 78%, 331,420 samples1x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 529,884 samples7,621x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 89%, 497,306 samples7,139x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 407,956 samples6,970x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 696,984 samples4,482x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 286%, 341,300 samples3,636x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $72Bench 273%, 374,578 samples3,265x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 85%, 298,250 samples8,266x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 85%, 566,994 samples7,773x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 82%, 538,292 samples5,291x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,078

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,948

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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8,276

Good (edit your comment) Add link

16 days ago.

its pretty old and barley there

IDN-User
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4,019

Excellent

10 months ago.

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

ITA-User
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3,581

Good

1 month 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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2,892

Good

16 months ago.

si se acompaña con una buena gpu va muy bien

EGY-User
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2,334

Excellent

12 months ago.

Cheap , Strong , Lovely God bless AMD and Ryzen

CHE-User
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2,302

Good

19 months ago.

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

NOR-User
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1,952

Excellent

15 months ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,948

Good

3 years ago.

IRL-User
Avatar level
1,452

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

IRQ-User
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1,106

Excellent

19 months ago.

AZE-User
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1,094

Excellent

2 years ago.

Cheap, good, gets the job done beautifully

HND-User
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850

Excellent

14 months ago.

Extremely fast and OCs very well.

rai7
Avatar level
42

Good

2 years ago.

pretty good for $200

JaiJai
Avatar level
28

Excellent

11 months ago.

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

Crazycatman
Avatar level
18

Terrible

2 years ago.

This is worse than the i5

Cloudy
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12

Poor

2 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

2 years ago.

Super good budget cpu. Great for gaming

Hercules333
Avatar level
8

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

mumar1
Avatar level
8

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

le_alain
Avatar level
8

Excellent

2 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

2 years ago.

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

Sadiq04
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4

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

kerveros
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 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
Avatar level
2

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

KttyLndLuvCtr
Avatar level
2

Excellent

20 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

18 months ago.

Good to the price

bodasactra
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2

Excellent

17 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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