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Ryzen 5 2600X

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

Average Bench: 81.9% (98th of 1239)

Based on 171,252 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]

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Poor: 72%Average: 81.9% Great: 89%
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X averaged just 18.0% 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. Memory Latency 82.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is just 17.1%. 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 723Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 171,252 samples)
Rank 9881.9%
Min Avg Max
74.8 Memory 82.1 90.1
103 1-Core 117 123
191 2-Core 228 244
81.7% 142 Pts
Min Avg Max
358 4-Core 439 481
632 8-Core 723 801
73.6% 581 Pts
Min Avg Max
814 64-Core 949 1,016
63.7% 949 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)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 81.9
1-Core 120
2-Core 237
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 785
79% 627 Pts
64-Core 985
66% 985 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
79.4% Very good
Memory 78.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 235
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 430
8-Core 683
71% 556 Pts
64-Core 982
66% 982 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
70% Good
Memory 71.4
1-Core 113
2-Core 212
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 655
64% 512 Pts
64-Core 861
58% 861 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
68% Good
Memory 70.8
1-Core 114
2-Core 192
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 350
8-Core 686
64% 518 Pts
64-Core 914
61% 914 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 28,546,853 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $230 @ launch in Apr '18
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Gaming 57%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 68%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $193Bench 82%, 171,252 samples8,185x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $159Bench 57%, 438,547 samples5,049x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples4,068x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $252Bench 57%, 877,208 samples3,876x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 106%, 316,355 samples3,598x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $100Bench 273%, 180,742 samples2,149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $125Bench 293%, 123,540 samples1,870x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples5,205x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 85%, 226,313 samples3,517x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 84%, 96,738 samples3,394x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $652

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,855

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
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6,502

Good (edit your comment) Add link

7 hrs ago.

AMD are great at selling junk. They pee in the well with fake comments, glorified cheerleaders on youtube and paid magazine reviews. My POS PC still crashes randomly. Everybody needs to call the rats out instead of letting them get away with it

IDN-User
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3,201

Poor

25 days ago.

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

ITA-User
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3,005

Poor

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.

NLD-User
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2,430

Excellent

17 days ago.

i dont like AMD but the ryzen series are much better then the older series from AMD

ARG-User
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2,398

Excellent

5 months ago.

si se acompaña con una buena gpu va muy bien

AUT-User
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1,929

Liked

3 months ago.

Info  www.userbenchmark.com/...

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CHE-User
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1,920

Good

9 days ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,855

Good

2 years ago.

EGY-User
Avatar level
1,810

Good

2 months ago.

Cheap , Strong , Lovely God bless AMD and Ryzen

NOR-User
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1,504

Excellent

2 months ago.

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

IRL-User
Avatar level
1,216

Excellent

8 months ago.

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

AZE-User
Avatar level
854

Excellent

6 months ago.

Cheap, good, gets the job done beautifully

IRQ-User
Avatar level
828

Excellent

1 month ago.

HND-User
Avatar level
706

Excellent

8 months ago.

Extremely fast and OCs very well.

ExecutableFiles
Avatar level
124

Excellent

2 months ago.

Basically the 2600 but with a better chance of winning the silicon lobby. With its price being what it is I would recommend it for gaming and streaming..

rai7
Avatar level
42

Good

16 months ago.

pretty good for $200

Foxbit
Avatar level
34

Good

23 months ago.

Really good performance per dollar

NedFlanders
Avatar level
22

Excellent

16 months ago.

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

Crazycatman
Avatar level
18

Terrible

12 months ago.

This is worse than the i5

ary89
Avatar level
10

Excellent

18 months ago.

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

Pascalfreak
Avatar level
10

Good

12 months ago.

Super good budget cpu. Great for gaming

Cloudy
Avatar level
10

Poor

7 months 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

22 months ago.

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

mumar1
Avatar level
8

Excellent

17 months ago.

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

le_alain
Avatar level
8

Excellent

12 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

16 months ago.

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

Sadiq04
Avatar level
4

Excellent

7 months ago.

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

kerveros
Avatar level
2

Excellent

18 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

15 months ago.

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

KttyLndLuvCtr
Avatar level
2

Excellent

1 month 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
Avatar level
2

Good

5 days ago.

Good to the price

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