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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.
  • 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 2600 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 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: 179.87

Overall Rank:
1056th fastest in multithreading out of 4988 CPUs
1197th fastest in single threading out of 4988 CPUs
340th fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $73.29 USD (2025-02-15)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13183
Single Thread Rating
2242

Samples: 12657*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Integer Math44,612 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math22,974 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers37 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting21,652 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,471 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression187,359 KBytes/Sec
Physics676 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,166 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,242 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2408372 - Feb 12 2025
12410
BL2408143 - Feb 12 2025 [Overclocked]
15348
BL2408001 - Feb 12 2025
13468
BL2407854 - Feb 12 2025
12680
BL2407691 - Feb 12 2025
13362
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
13,183
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
15,693 (+19.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
16,124 (+22.3%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
14,172 (+7.5%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
14,071 (+6.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
13,894 (+5.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
8,739 (-33.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
18,177 (+37.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
17,724 (+34.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
12,795 (-2.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
19,352 (+46.8%)
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
15,378 (+16.7%)
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
14,639 (+11.0%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,867
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,608
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,597
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,843
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,535
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,528
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,354
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,106
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,019
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
1,894