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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: 160.35

Overall Rank:
1032nd fastest in multithreading out of 4940 CPUs
1171st fastest in single threading out of 4940 CPUs
335th fastest in out of 1401 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $82.22 USD (2025-01-18)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13184
Single Thread Rating
2243

Samples: 12366*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Integer Math44,630 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math22,978 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers37 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting21,659 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,478 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression187,381 KBytes/Sec
Physics676 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,163 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,243 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of January 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of January 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$140.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.com$81.54 USDBuy Now!
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,874
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,410
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,084
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,581
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,110
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,881
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,229
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,732
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,605
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,154
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,184
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 200.77
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 188.65
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 160.35
Intel Core i9-12900K
 146.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 146.44
Intel Core i9-13900K
 117.75
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.55
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 55.63
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 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,154
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,025
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,926
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,565
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 2,243
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2345843 - Jan 16 2025
13557
BL2345826 - Jan 16 2025
12536
BL2345810 - Jan 16 2025
13562
BL2345655 - Jan 16 2025
13566
BL2345374 - Jan 15 2025
13786
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
As of 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,184
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 15,696 (+19.1%)
Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 10,734 (-18.6%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 12,174 (-7.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,164 (-0.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 16,124 (+22.3%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 14,211 (+7.8%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 14,077 (+6.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,896 (+5.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 12,276 (-6.9%)
Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 10,134 (-23.1%)
Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 9,544 (-27.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 18,179 (+37.9%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,205
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,873
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,716
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,593
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,313
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,738
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,591
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,517
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,278
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,177
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,125
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 1,894