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AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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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.

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

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The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G is a desktop APU that was announced in early 2018. It is the fastest Raven Ridge APU at that time and features all four Zen cores (8 threads due to SMT support) clocked at 3.6 - 3.9 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 11 graphics card with 11 CUs (all of the 704 Shaders on the chip) clocked at up to 1250 MHz. The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR-2933. The TDP is specified at 65 Watt and the CPU, GPU and memory are unlocked for overclocking. More information on Raven Ridge can be found in our launch article.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is a high-end desktop processor with 6 cores (12 threads) that was announced early 2018. It is based on the revised Zen+ cores and at launch the second fastest Ryzen CPU behind the Ryzen 7 2700X. The CPU cores clock at 3.6 GHz base and using Precision Boost 2 up to 4.2 GHz. All 6 cores and 12 threads can clock up to 3.9 GHz. The 6 cores are divided in two cluster (3 cores each with own L3 cache) connected via Infinity Fabric.

Compared to the older first Ryzen generation (e.g., Ryzen 5 1600X), the second generation is manufactured in an improved process (12nm called), offers and improved Precision Boost 2 (especially in partial load of the cores) and faster cache and memory speeds.

See our second generation Ryzen review for detailed benchmarks and information.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 2400GAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)AMD Ryzen 5
CodenamePinnacle Riege (Zen+)ZenZen+
Clock3400 - 3900 MHz3600 - 3900 MHz3600 - 4200 MHz
L2 Cache3 MB2 MB4 MB
L3 Cache16 MB4 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 124 / 86 / 12
TDP65 Watt65 Watt95 Watt
Transistors4940 Million4500 Million4940 Million
Technology12 nm14 nm12 nm
Die Size213 mm2209.78 mm2
max. Temp.95 °C
SocketAM4 (LGA1331)AM4AM4 (1331)
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, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comproducts.amd.com
Series: Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) Zen
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G « 3.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U2.2 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G3.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2600H3.2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B2 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2300U2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U2.5 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon 300U2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
L1 Cache384 KB
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1250 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$229 U.S.

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 2600
29.7 pt (41%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 2400G
28.2 pt (39%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 2600X
31 pt (43%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
380 Points (42%)
min: 381     avg: 382.5     median: 382.5 (43%)     max: 384 Points
421 Points (47%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2793 Points (7%)
min: 1804     avg: 1850     median: 1849.5 (5%)     max: 1895 Points
2688 Points (7%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1245     avg: 1254     median: 1248 (8%)     max: 1270 Points
min: 828     avg: 844     median: 846.5 (5%)     max: 856 Points
1341 Points (8%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 155.9     avg: 157.4     median: 157.3 (47%)     max: 159 Points
min: 153.2     avg: 155.6     median: 155.7 (47%)     max: 158 Points
163 Points (49%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
13.7 Points (18%)
9.5 Points (12%)
14.6 Points (19%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.8 Points (44%)
1.8 Points (44%)
1.8 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
4726 Points (29%)
4805 Points (29%)
4958 Points (30%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
28173 Points (20%)
21024 Points (15%)
29954 Points (22%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
45033 Points (31%)
30473 Points (21%)
48146 Points (33%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
8024 Points (10%)
7495 Points (9%)
8272 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
140.9 s (2%)
198 s (2%)
133.8 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
5.5 s (1%)
6.9 s (1%)
4.6 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4517 Points (7%)
3846 Points (6%)
4599 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
30898 MIPS (18%)
min: 19478     avg: 20059     median: 19885 (11%)     max: 20814 MIPS
33222 MIPS (19%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4020 MIPS (48%)
min: 3855     avg: 3972     median: 3909 (47%)     max: 4153 MIPS
4293 MIPS (51%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
75 fps (26%)
48 fps (17%)
80.5 fps (28%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
205.3 fps (47%)
171.6 fps (40%)
207.4 fps (48%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 7.79     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (14%)     max: 7.82 fps
min: 4.86     avg: 12.2     median: 5.1 (9%)     max: 26.5 fps
8.3 fps (15%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.7 GB/s (0%)
0.5 GB/s (0%)
0.8 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1 GB/s (17%)
0.8 GB/s (14%)
1.2 GB/s (21%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
7.5 GB/s (20%)
5.2 GB/s (14%)
8 GB/s (21%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 374.2     avg: 375     median: 375 (3%)     max: 375.7 Seconds
min: 550     avg: 551     median: 550.5 (4%)     max: 551 Seconds
min: 350     avg: 352     median: 352 (2%)     max: 353.9 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.7 sec (14%)
min: 0.648     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (15%)     max: 0.683 sec
0.6 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 R5 2600 +
9290 Points (20%)
6672 Points (14%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
11.2 s (2%)
11.3 s (2%)
11.4 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24.3 s (1%)
25.1 s (1%)
24.8 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
615 s (3%)
624 s (3%)
616 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 R5 2600 +
43794 Points (38%)
45760 Points (40%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12405 Points (34%)
min: 7325     avg: 8058     median: 8241 (22%)     max: 8607 Points
12074 Points (33%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
69692 Points (57%)
58446 Points (47%)
73430 Points (60%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
69478 Points (56%)
57457 Points (47%)
73424 Points (60%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
70522 Points (59%)
min: 32977     avg: 55118     median: 65172 (55%)     max: 67206 Points
74442 Points (63%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
11219 Points (28%)
min: 6650     avg: 7355     median: 7465 (19%)     max: 7951 Points
11855 Points (30%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
17063 Points (30%)
min: 10705     avg: 10784     median: 10784 (19%)     max: 10863 Points
18091 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6265 Points (26%)
min: 3198     avg: 3414     median: 3414 (14%)     max: 3630 Points
6530 Points (28%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1014     avg: 1119     median: 1118.5 (47%)     max: 1223 Points
min: 970     avg: 1081     median: 1001 (42%)     max: 1223 Points
min: 1066     avg: 1145     median: 1144.5 (48%)     max: 1223 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5767     avg: 6070     median: 6069.5 (11%)     max: 6372 Points
min: 3462     avg: 4780     median: 3885 (7%)     max: 6372 Points
min: 5816     avg: 6094     median: 6094 (11%)     max: 6372 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1020 Points (4%)
min: 967     avg: 989     median: 990 (4%)     max: 1010 Points
1067 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
5885 Points (19%)
min: 3557     avg: 3736     median: 3825 (12%)     max: 3826 Points
5939 Points (19%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4631     avg: 5109     median: 5109 (51%)     max: 5587 Points
min: 4181     avg: 4319     median: 4268 (43%)     max: 4508 Points
min: 4577     avg: 4642     median: 4641.5 (46%)     max: 4706 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 20633     avg: 23018     median: 23018 (26%)     max: 25403 Points
min: 13259     avg: 13858     median: 13653 (15%)     max: 14662 Points
min: 21616     avg: 22301     median: 22301 (25%)     max: 22986 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4226 Points (58%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
13211 Points (32%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
951 ms (1%)
min: 962     avg: 980     median: 978 (1%)     max: 1000 ms
884 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
179 Points (37%)
min: 169     avg: 170.7     median: 170 (35%)     max: 173 Points
186 Points (39%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
157.5 Watt (27%)
min: 100.5     avg: 103.5     median: 103.5 (18%)     max: 106.5 Watt
171.7 Watt (30%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 2600 +
149.5 Watt (27%)
min: 95.3     avg: 99.7     median: 99.7 (18%)     max: 104.1 Watt
164.4 Watt (30%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 R5 2600 +
8.5 Points per Watt (6%)
9 Points per Watt (7%)
8.2 Points per Watt (6%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 2600 → 100% n=41

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 2400G → 82% n=41

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 2600X → 103% n=41

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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