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AMD Ryzen 5 2600

AMD R5 2600

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is a six-core desktop processor that can handle twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). This technology is equivalent to Intel's Hyper-Threading. Launched in April 2018, the Ryzen 5 2600 is the second fastest Ryzen 5 processor and is much more economical than its flagship sibling. The Ryzen 5 2600 has a 65 W TDP, which is nearly 40% more efficient than the 95 W TDP Ryzen 5 2600 X. This energy efficiency comes at a cost to performance though.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has a base clock speed of 3.4 GHz, which can be boosted by Extended Frequency Range (XFR) up to 3.9 GHz. The power gain is still high in multi-threaded applications, although this is some way off the Ryzen 5 2600X. The Ryzen 5 2600 benefits from AMD's new Zen+ architecture, with a greater number of instructions per cycle (IPC) and higher clock speeds than last year's Zen chips. The Ryzen 5 2600's six cores are divided into two clusters that are connected by Infinity Fabric, a subset of HyperTransport. Each cluster has its own L3 cache.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has good performance in games. Moreover, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a higher base clock than the Ryzen 7 2700. Seeing as many games currently lack multi-core support, this means that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than its technically superior sibling.

Detailed information, benchmarks and values can be found in our review of the Ryzen 5 2600.

CodenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+)
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5
Clock Rate3400 - 3900 MHz
Level 2 Cache3 MB
Level 3 Cache16 MB
Number of Cores / Threads6 / 12
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)65 Watt
Transistor Count4940 Million
Manufacturing Technology12 nm
Die Size213 mm2
Max. Temperature95 °C
SocketAM4 (LGA1331)
FeaturesDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
64 Bit64 Bit support
Announcement Date04/13/2018
Product Link (external)www.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
27.3 pt (45%)
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
380 Points (42%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2793 Points (7%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1245     avg: 1254     median: 1248 (8%)     max: 1270 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 155.9     avg: 157.4     median: 157.3 (44%)     max: 159 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
13.7 Points (18%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.8 Points (42%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
4726 points (29%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
28173 points (20%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
45033 Points (29%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8024 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
140.9 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
5.5 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4517 points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
30898 MIPS (18%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4020 MIPS (47%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
75 fps (25%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
205.3 fps (47%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 7.79     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (14%)     max: 7.82 fps
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.7 GB/s (22%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1 GB/s (17%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
7.5 GB/s (20%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 374.2     avg: 375     median: 375 (3%)     max: 375.7 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.7 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
9290 Points (20%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
11.2 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.3 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
615 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
43794 Points (34%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12405 Points (31%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
69692 Points (57%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
69478 Points (56%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
70522 Points (58%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
11219 Points (28%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
17063 Points (30%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6265 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1014     avg: 1119     median: 1118.5 (44%)     max: 1223 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5767     avg: 6070     median: 6069.5 (11%)     max: 6372 points
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1020 points (4%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
5885 points (19%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4631     avg: 5109     median: 5109 (51%)     max: 5587 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 20633     avg: 23018     median: 23018 (23%)     max: 25403 points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
951 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
179 Points (32%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
157.5 Watt (27%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
149.5 Watt (27%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
8.5 Points per Watt (6%)
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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Other CPUs of the series Ryzen 5

» AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
   6x 3.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 2600
   6x 3.4 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 1600
   6x 3.2 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
   4x 3.5 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 1400
   4x 3.2 GHz - 3.4 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i5-8500
   6x 3 GHz - 4.1 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-5960X
   8x 3 GHz - 3.5 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 7 1700
   8x 3 GHz - 3.7 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
   6x 3.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-8400
   6x 2.8 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 2600
   6x 3.4 GHz - 3.9 GHz
- Intel Core i5-11400T
   6x 1.3 GHz - 3.7 GHz
- Intel Core i3-10320
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- Intel Core i7-4960X
   6x 3.6 GHz - 4 GHz
- Intel Core i7-7700
   4x 3.6 GHz - 4.2 GHz
- Intel Core i7-6700K
   4x 4 GHz - 4.2 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2018-05-29)