AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 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.

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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: 111.15

Overall Rank:
1116th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
1131st fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
360th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $125.00 USD (2025-06-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13893

Single Thread Rating

2381

Samples: 6387*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Integer Math	47,383 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	24,271 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	38 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	22,917 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	13,137 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	198,803 KBytes/Sec
Physics	695 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,581 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,381 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th 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)
	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)
	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	$522.49 (www.amazon.com)
	TRIGKEY S5 AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Mini PC, 5500U (6C/12T, Up to 4.0GHz) Micro Computer, 16GB DDR4 3200MHz\| 500GB M.2 2280 NVME SSD, Small PC 4K Triple Displays, WiFi 6+BT5.2+2.5G LAN, DP/HDMI/USB3.2 * 3	$289.00 (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 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,652
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,295
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,015
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,487
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,893

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.08
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.57
Intel Core i9-13900K		152.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.17
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.36
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		111.15
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
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 22nd 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		3,836
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 2600X		2,381

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2710437 - Jun 20 2025		13122
BL2710418 - Jun 20 2025		13122
BL2710056 - Jun 20 2025		14536
BL2709891 - Jun 20 2025		13516
BL2707657 - Jun 19 2025		14514

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,893
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,165 (-5.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,032 (-6.2%)
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		12,763 (-8.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		12,271 (-11.7%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		11,433 (-17.7%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		16,912 (+21.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		15,998 (+15.2%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		12,125 (-12.7%)
Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		12,029 (-13.4%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		10,665 (-23.2%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		10,639 (-23.4%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		16,326 (+17.5%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,452
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,150
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,843
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,586
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,803
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,639
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,526
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,517
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		1,841

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