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.

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 ...]

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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: 95.84

Overall Rank:
1044th fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
1056th fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
338th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $144.99 USD (2025-04-04)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13896

Single Thread Rating

2382

Samples: 6185*
*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	47,408 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	24,276 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	38 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	22,928 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	13,145 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	198,773 KBytes/Sec
Physics	696 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,576 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,382 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of April 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$144.99 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)
	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 7 Pro Mini PC, 5850U (8C/16T, Up to 4.4 GHz), Micro Computer, 16GB DDR4 3200MHz\| 500GB M.2 2280 NVME SSD, Small PC 4K Triple Displays, WiFi 6+BT5.2, DP, HDMI, USB3.2 * 3	$269.00 (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)
	Beelink Mini PC SER8 AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS Mini Computer(8C/16T, up to 4.9GHz), 24GB DDR5 1TB NVMe SSD, Micro PC 4K UHD Triple Display HDMI/DP1.4/Type-C/WiFi 6/Bluetooth 5.2/2.5Gbps Ethernet/W-11 Pro	$479.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,758
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,329
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,128
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,194
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,716
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,896

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		222.39
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.13
Intel Core i9-12900K		133.75
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		95.84
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,143
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		2,382

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2533963 - Apr 05 2025		13758
BL2533827 - Apr 05 2025		13579
BL2533236 - Apr 05 2025		14511
BL2533193 - Apr 05 2025		14500
BL2532285 - Apr 04 2025		12278

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,896
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,038 (-6.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		12,278 (-11.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		16,033 (+15.4%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		16,799 (+20.9%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		14,115 (+1.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		13,174 (-5.2%)
Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		12,861 (-7.4%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		11,576 (-16.7%)
Intel Core i5-12400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		15,861 (+14.1%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		11,435 (-17.7%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		15,681 (+12.9%)
Intel Core i3-14100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		15,277 (+9.9%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,394
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,186
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,361
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,858
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,607
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,532
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,823
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,705
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,532
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,442
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,435
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X		1,977

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