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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. [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: 131.45

Overall Rank:
1306th fastest in multithreading out of 5479 CPUs
1449th fastest in single threading out of 5479 CPUs
406th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $99.99 USD (2025-10-30)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13144
Single Thread Rating
2237

Samples: 14657*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Integer Math44,472 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math22,925 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers37 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting21,563 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,404 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression186,919 KBytes/Sec
Physics671 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,170 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,237 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$99.99 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,547
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,362
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,954
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,539
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,110
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,144
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,144
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 276.33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 161.27
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K
 133.37
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 131.45
Intel Core i5-12400F
 112.53
Intel Core i9-13900K
 106.11
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 53.74
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 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 2,237
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3112180 - Dec 06 2025 [Excluded]
8169
BL3111003 - Dec 06 2025
11668
BL3110604 - Dec 05 2025
13932
BL3110490 - Dec 05 2025
13153
BL3110411 - Dec 05 2025
12316
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,144
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,017 (-1.0%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 11,374 (-13.5%)
Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 11,989 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 10,647 (-19.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,163 (+0.1%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 15,632 (+18.9%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 14,069 (+7.0%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,978 (+6.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,876 (+5.6%)
Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 12,322 (-6.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 12,260 (-6.7%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 11,533 (-12.3%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,441
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,798
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,508
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,454
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,445
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,647
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,482
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,416
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 1,757