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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)

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Best Bench: 74% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 54% Great: 74%

SPEED RANK: 503^rd / 1463

Gaming 66%

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Workstation 50%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		73.3 %	Faster effective speed. +11%		65.9 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.6 Pts		86.7 Pts	Lower memory latency. +13%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	108 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +43%	75.5 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	210 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +46%	144 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	377 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +52%	248 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	621 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +77%	350 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	83.8 Pts		96.1 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +15%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +34%	88 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	232 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +36%	170 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	446 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +44%	309 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	676 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +62%	417 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.51 %	Insanely higher market share. +5,000%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	92.4 %	Slightly better value. +6%	87.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	77 %	Much more popular. +40%	55 %
Price Price (score)	$120		$100	Cheaper. +17%


Age Newest	76 Months	Much more recent. +59%	186 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +50%	130 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%	8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +73%	45 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz	Faster base frequency. +11%	3.07 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +17%	3.33 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	889 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +105%	434 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	800 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +125%	356 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Nehalem
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	LGA1366
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 i7-950 is a first generation Core processor which is now three generations and four years old. The 950 was included in the group test as a reference for how fast processors were back in 2009. This particular generation of processor heralded the 4 core 8 thread configuration that Intel has been kitting its top end processors with ever since. In terms of real world performance based on single core horsepower (most applications are still unable to make use of multiple cores concurrently), with a PassMark Single Thread score of 1320 the i7-950 is approximately 50% slower than its modern day equivalent, the i7 4770K. ^{[Feb '12 CPUPro]}

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