AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. 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.
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 65 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 2600 Six-Core Processor, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2018

CPUmark/$Price: 105.32

Overall Rank:
1163rd fastest in multithreading out of 5150 CPUs
1294th fastest in single threading out of 5150 CPUs
375th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $125.00 USD (2025-05-28)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13165

Single Thread Rating

2240

Samples: 13597*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 13,407
Thread: 2,006

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Integer Math	44,540 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	22,952 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	37 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,605 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,437 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	187,146 KBytes/Sec
Physics	674 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,169 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,240 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of June 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$125.00 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	STGAubron Gaming PC Computer Desktop, GeForce RTX 2060 6G, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 up to 3.9G, 16G DDR4, 512G SSD, 600M WiFi, BT 5.0, RGB Fan x6, Windows 11 Home	$599.99 (www.amazon.com)
	MXZ Gaming Desktop Computer, AMD Ryzen 5 5500, GTX1660S 6GB, 16GB DDR4, NVME 500GB SSD, 6RGB Fans, Win 11 Pro Ready, Gamer Desktop Computer(R5 5500\| GTX1660S)	$572.46 (www.amazon.com)
	STGAubron Gaming PC Desktop, Radeon RX 580 16G, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 up to 3.9GHz, 16G DDR4, 512G SSD, 600M WiFi, BT 5.0, RGB Fan x 4, Windows 11 Home	$549.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Skytech Shadow Gaming PC Desktop, Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 Ghz (4.4GHz Turbo Boost), AMD RX 6600 8GB GDDR6, 1TB SSD, 16GB DDR4 RAM 3200, 650W Gold PSU, Wi-Fi, Win 11 Home	$849.99 (www.amazon.com)
	MINISFORUM UM760 Slim Mini PC AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS 6C/12T Desktop Computer, DDR5 16G RAM+1TB SSD, HDMI/DP/USB4 8K@60Hz Output, 1X 2.5G RJ45 Port, 4X USB Port, Dual Band WiFi, AMD Radeon 760M Graphics	$367.90 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,660
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,299
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,018
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,151
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,484
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,165
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Ryzen 5 2600		13,165

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.45
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		156.70
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		129.68
AMD Ryzen 5 2600		105.32
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		50.46
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 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Ryzen 5 2600		2,240

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2698301 - Jun 15 2025		13993
BL2698119 - Jun 15 2025		13123
BL2697802 - Jun 15 2025		13998
BL2697469 - Jun 15 2025		13249
BL2697397 - Jun 15 2025		13309

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
As of 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600		13,165
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		13,894 (+5.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		13,032 (-1.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		12,271 (-6.8%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		11,430 (-13.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		15,997 (+21.5%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		12,125 (-7.9%)
Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		12,031 (-8.6%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		10,667 (-19.0%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		10,641 (-19.2%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		16,327 (+24.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		13,161 (0.0%)
Intel Core i5-12400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600		15,848 (+20.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,483
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,152
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,302
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,485
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,805
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,521
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,493
AMD Ryzen 5 2600		1,761

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