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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	198 EFps	318 EFps	Much Better CSGO EFps. +61%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	96 EFps	108 EFps	Better GTAV EFps. +12%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	135 EFps	142 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +5%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	113 EFps	133 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +18%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	115 EFps	121 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +5%

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Best Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 67% Great: 81%

SPEED RANK: 331^st / 1442

Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

60,132 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 87% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 87% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 79^th / 1442

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 100%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 109%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		73.3 %			99 %	Much faster effective speed. +35%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.6 Pts	81.1 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	108 Pts	163 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +51%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	210 Pts	320 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +52%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	377 Pts	626 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +66%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	621 Pts	1157 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +86%


Memory OC Memory Latency	83.8 Pts	92.3 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +10%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts	179 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +52%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	232 Pts	356 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +53%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	446 Pts	694 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +56%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	676 Pts	1318 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +95%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.52 %		0.56 %	Slightly higher market share. +8%
Value Value For Money	91.3 %		102 %	Better value. +12%
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %	Slightly more popular. +6%	72 %
Price Price (score)	$125	Much cheaper. +50%	$249


Age Newest	72 Months		41 Months	Much more recent. +43%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +38%	105 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		12 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +42%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.7 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz		4.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +23%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	889 Pts		2290 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +158%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	800 Pts		2000 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +150%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Zen3
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The Ryzen 5 2600, from AMD’s second generation (Zen+) of high-end desktop Ryzen processors, supersedes the first generation Ryzen 5 1600. The newer generation sees a lithography reduction from 14nm to 12nm, but no increase in the number of cores and threads (6 and 12 respectively) over the ground-breaking first generation which continues to surpass similarly priced Intel CPUs in terms of multi-core performance. In other words, progress between generations is predominantly driven by power efficiency and therefore higher attainable clock speeds. The 2600 appears to have a stock base/boost clock of 3.4 / 3.9 GHz compared to the 1600’s 3.2 / 3.6 GHz which is expected to result in a modest increase in effective speed that said, early benchmarks are inconclusive. Included in the expected retail price of about $200 is a Wraith Stealth cooler, so the 2600, like the 1600 before it, represents great value for workstation users. The 2600 compliments the new 400 series motherboards and is also backwards compatible with the 300 series following a bios update. Even though the 2600 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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The Ryzen 9 5900X is second in AMD’s line-up of new Zen 3 CPUs. The 12-core hyper-threaded processor has base/boost clock speeds of 3.7/4.8 GHz, a 70 MB cache and a TDP of 105W. The 5900X took center stage in the 5000 series launch presentation where AMD gunned for Intel’s “best gaming CPU” crown. They showed the 5900X as being 26% better for gaming than the previous generation’s Ryzen 9 3900XT, attributing this to the new architecture’s faster single core speeds and lower latency. AMD also stated that the 5900X achieves, on average, 6.8% faster gaming performance than Intel’s 10-core i9-10900K. The details around AMD’s testing were not disclosed but it is safe to assume that 6.8% is the highest average lead that AMD are willing to stand by. Our benchmarks show that the 5900X’s slightly faster cores and the 10900K’s slightly lower memory latency balance out to yield similar performance. Whilst presenting their figures, AMD admitted that their 3000 series CPUs were far from “best for gaming” and conceded that the 10900K is approximately 19% faster than the 3900XT (our effective speed marks the gap at just 14%). Despite this clear performance deficiency, AMD supported 3000 series sales with an aggressive and successful marketing campaign to easily outsell Intel over the last 12 months. Given the real performance uplift observed in the 5000 series, and the absence of any meaningful marketing from Intel, we expect CPU sales to shift even further in AMD’s favour. Gamers that do not wish to pay “marketing fees” should investigate Intel’s $175 USD 11400F, the $660 USD savings would be far better spent on a higher tier GPU. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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