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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 69% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 225^th / 1442

Gaming 81%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 91%

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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%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 66%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		80.7 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +10%		73.3 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	70.9 Pts		76.6 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +8%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	125 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +16%	108 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	247 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +18%	210 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	485 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +29%	377 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	892 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +44%	621 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	84.8 Pts	+1%	83.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	133 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +13%	118 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	264 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +14%	232 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	525 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +18%	446 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1031 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +53%	676 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.01 %			0.5 %	Insanely higher market share. +4,900%
User Rating UBM User Rating		62 %			76 %	More popular. +23%


Age Newest	65+ Months	Slightly more recent. +8%	71 Months
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2029 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +128%	889 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1837 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +130%	800 Pts

This was the ultimate niche CPU. At the time of its release, it had an optimal combination of multi-core performance without sacrificing as much single- and quad- as the higher-core CPUs, at an excellent price-point. It utilizes quad-channel RAM. If you were a content creator without external funding, had one machine in the budget, then this chip might even now in mid-2019 be what you're looking for. The higher-end Threadrippers will throw more cores at you... for up to five times the price. If you've a home studio, running a DAW on the same PC you use for everything; or you do your own video editing; or you're an independent streamer; then those extra 12 or 18 cores aren't really going to help you that much anyway, for all that extra cash - AND those CPUs have lower performance in more common applications (single- low-thread apps). Not worth it. Intel isn't even on the table, of course. If you're reading this in the future: these benchmarks have multiple categories for a reason. Read and think. Find the best combination for what you intend to do with it - not some arbitrary "the best" overall. There is no such thing, because you won't be using your computer for Overall, now will you? ^{[Aug '19 spacefiddle]}

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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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