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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: 576 KB, L2: 3.0 MB, L3: 16 MB
Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 180.45
Overall Rank: 756
Last Price Change: $77.30 USD (2023-06-02)
Integer Math | 47,605 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 24,334 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 38 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 23,123 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 13,236 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 199,115 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 700 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 7,573 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,388 MOps/Sec |
Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,544 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,410 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,719 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,611 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,030 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,929 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,383 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,779 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,410 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,199 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,949 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 212.95 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 180.45 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 153.85 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.20 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.31 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 104.47 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.89 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.54 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,649 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,187 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,050 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,943 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,841 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,708 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,939 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,663 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 2,388 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL1958383 - Nov 29 2023 | 12463 | |
BL1958110 - Nov 29 2023 | 12362 | |
BL1957583 - Nov 29 2023 | 12387 | |
BL1957216 - Nov 28 2023 | 15213 | |
BL1956274 - Nov 27 2023 | 13716 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,949 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,216 (-5.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 15,666 (+12.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 14,813 (+6.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16,189 (+16.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 15,732 (+12.8%) | |
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 14,350 (+2.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 12,300 (-11.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 11,630 (-16.6%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 17,779 (+27.5%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 19,530 (+40.0%) | |
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,690 (-1.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 13,071 (-6.3%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,213 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,076 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,575 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,426 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,384 | |
Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,241 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,886 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,811 | |
Intel Core i5-14600K | 7,755 | |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX | 7,602 | |
Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,544 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,516 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 2,257 |