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AMDYD2600BBAFBOX
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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.7GHz, Zen3.
Release date: Q4 2020.

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▲ 777,886 ▼

6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.4GHz, Zen+.
Release date: Q2 2018.

Game EFps  
+16%
CSGO
Dust 2 1080p Max 		310 EFps Much Better CSGO EFps.
+57% 		198 EFps
GTAV
Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max 		101 EFps Slightly Better GTAV EFps.
+5% 		96 EFps
Overwatch
Temple of Anubis 1080p Max 		134 EFps 135 EFps +1%
PUBG
M249 Training 1080p Max 		131 EFps Better PUBG EFps.
+16% 		113 EFps
Fortnite
UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max 		120 EFps +4% 115 EFps
Effective Speed 
+31%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 563,008 user samples
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383,420 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 83% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 83% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 124th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
179,588 User Benchmarks
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: 350th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		95.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+31% 		73.3 %
Average Score 
+41%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		84 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+10% 		76.6 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		162 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+50% 		108 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		315 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+50% 		210 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		580 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+54% 		377 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		883 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+42% 		621 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+40%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		93.8 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+12% 		83.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		172 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+46% 		118 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		342 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+47% 		232 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		667 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+50% 		446 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		989 Pts Much faster OC octa-core speed.
+46% 		676 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+56%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.22 % Hugely higher market share.
+165% 		0.46 %
Value
Value For Money 		122 % Much better value.
+32% 		92.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		95 % More popular.
+23% 		77 %
Price
Price (score) 		$115 +4% $120
Nice To Haves 
+19%
Age
Newest 		47 Months Much more recent.
+40% 		78 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		65 Watts 65 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 6 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads 12 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+42% 		12 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz Slightly faster base frequency.
+9% 		3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.6 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+18% 		3.9 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1160 Pts Much faster OC 64-core speed.
+30% 		889 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1055 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+32% 		800 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen3 Zen+
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM4 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		None None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 95.9%
Average Bench 73.3%

The Ryzen 5 5600X is both the entry-level and best value for money 5000 series CPU. The 5600X is a hex-core 12 thread processor with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz boosting to 4.6 GHz. It has 35 MB of cache and a TDP rating of 65W. A cooler is included in the MSRP of $300 USD, but cheap after-market coolers (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400) are far more effective and therefore worth the upgrade. Notably, AMD’s new Zen 3 architecture has vastly improved single-core performance and lower memory latency, which leads to a significant effective speed advantage over its predecessor, the 3600X. Last year, AMD’s class-leading marketers secured significant sales of the 3000 series CPUs despite a 15% performance deficit against lower priced Intel parts. The games, specific scenes, software/hardware settings and choice of competing hardware were often cherry picked, undisclosed and inconsistent from one product to the next. Now that AMD have actually achieved both top tier performance and market share, their marketing machinery is focused on price hikes. Users that do not wish to pay a marketing premium should investigate Intel’s 11400F, which, when paired with a 2060 Super, delivers higher EFps in four out of five of today’s most popular games, at half the MSRP. Allocating the savings to a higher tier GPU will result in a far superior gaming PC. [Nov '20 CPUPro]

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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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