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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Price and performance details for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]


AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2018

CPUmark/$Price: 215.73

Overall Rank:
898th fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
905th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
290th fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $64.49 USD (2024-07-15)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13912
Single Thread Rating
2384

Samples: 5612*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 14,305
Thread: 2,147

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Integer Math47,499 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math24,302 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers38 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting22,988 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption13,188 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression198,837 KBytes/Sec
Physics697 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,568 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,384 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of July 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of July 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$175.00 USDBuy Now!
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,898
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,177
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 13,912
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 215.73
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K
 150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K
 134.68
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 55.42
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,697
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,567
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 2,384
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2140293 - Jul 08 2024
15100
BL2140265 - Jul 08 2024
13916
BL2139015 - Jul 06 2024
12902
BL2138545 - Jul 05 2024
12385
BL5067829 - Jul 03 2024
15337
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 13,912
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 13,198 (-5.1%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 15,673 (+12.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 14,807 (+6.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 13,177 (-5.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 16,142 (+16.0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 15,707 (+12.9%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 14,314 (+2.9%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 11,610 (-16.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 8,731 (-37.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 17,755 (+27.6%)
Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 10,765 (-22.6%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 13,637 (-2.0%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K
 8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F
 7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K
 7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF
 7,536
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
 2,250