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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 ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: AM4
Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache Size: L1: 1152 KB, L2: 6.0 MB, L3: 16 MB
Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 88.10
Overall Rank: 661
Last Price Change: $158.65 USD (2023-05-10)
Integer Math | 47,689 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 24,355 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 38 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 23,247 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 13,287 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 199,260 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 703 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 7,568 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,390 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,607 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,811 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,666 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,100 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,959 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,892 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,505 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,796 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 14,540 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,977 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 193.30 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 163.47 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 141.10 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.87 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 88.10 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 85.11 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 68.20 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 46.85 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,203 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,056 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,845 | |
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,821 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,718 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,359 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,945 | |
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz | 2,889 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,664 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 2,390 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL1830313 - May 31 2023 | 12860 | |
BL1828542 - May 28 2023 | 13390 | |
BL1828372 - May 28 2023 [Excluded] | 7111 | |
BL1827579 - May 27 2023 | 14529 | |
BL1823497 - May 21 2023 | 14520 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,977 | |
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 12,956 (-7.3%) | |
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 11,391 (-18.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 10,755 (-23.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 17,174 (+22.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 17,087 (+22.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 14,426 (+3.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-9700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,305 (-4.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16,959 (+21.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 15,745 (+12.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-10600KF @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 14,426 (+3.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 14,403 (+3.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,230 (-5.3%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,225 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,105 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,459 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,431 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,810 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,600 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,192 | |
Intel Core i9-13900T | 6,888 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | 6,796 | |
Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,789 | |
Intel Core i5-13600K | 6,773 | |
Intel Core i5-13600KF | 6,729 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 2,264 |