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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: 332^nd / 1445

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 66%

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Best Bench: 73% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 45% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 45% Great: 73%

SPEED RANK: 528^th / 1445

Gaming 63%

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Workstation 47%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		73.3 %	Faster effective speed. +16%		63.5 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.6 Pts		76.9 Pts	+0%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	108 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +19%	90.6 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	210 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +18%	178 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	377 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +31%	287 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	621 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +102%	307 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	83.8 Pts		91.7 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +9%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +18%	100 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	232 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +18%	196 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	446 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +27%	350 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	676 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +87%	361 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.45 %	Higher market share. +25%	0.36 %
Value Value For Money	86.9 %	Better value. +23%	70.7 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %	More popular. +25%	61 %
Price Price (score)	$150	Cheaper. +20%	$188


Age Newest	72 Months	Much more recent. +39%	118 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +23%	84 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +45%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	+3%	3.3 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +5%	3.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	889 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +146%	361 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	800 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +159%	309 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 4600

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 Intel Core i5-4590 is a slightly upgraded version of the i5-4570. The two processors are identical apart from a 100 MHz increase in base and turbo frequencies. Needless to say the two processors have almost identical effective speeds which is a little disappointing as Intel has simply re-released a near identical product. From a value for money perspective the 4590 does fare reasonably well although it probably has more multi-core horsepower than most use cases demand. For the majority of users, at stock clocks, the G3258 provides comparable performance but with a few simple BIOS adjustments the G3258 can be clocked up to 4.3 GHz where, even at half the price, it destroys the i5-4570 in single and dual core workloads. ^{[Sep '14 CPUPro]}

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