AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-05

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM4 (PGA 1331) socket and was released in Q2/2018. The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 scores 977 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 5,351 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the AMD Ryzen 5 2600. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD Ryzen 5 2600.
Name:	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Family:	AMD Ryzen 5
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 2000
Architecture:	Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	AMD Ryzen 5 3600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is 3.40 GHz (3.90 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 12
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	3.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	3.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 uses the no iGPU, which has texture shaders and execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 46.9 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2933	46.9 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth:	19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is made in 12 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 16.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	12 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	AM4 (PGA 1331)
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	16.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date:	Q2/2018
Release price:	195 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz (3.90 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i3-1005G1 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1047
	Intel Core i5-6600 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1041
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1041
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1040
	Intel Core i7-7660U 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1040
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L 28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz	1037
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1037

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 5625U 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	7833
	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	7759
	Apple M1 (7-GPU) 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	7759
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	7555
	Intel Core i7-1255U 10C 12T @ 2.70 GHz	7545
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	7514
	Intel Core i7-10850H 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	7455

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4670K 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	978
	Intel Core i5-9500T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	978
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	978
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	977
	Intel Core i3-9100T 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	977
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	976
	Intel Core i3-9100E 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	975

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 5300G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	5425
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	5425
	Intel Xeon D-1541 8C 16T @ 2.10 GHz	5417
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	5351
	Intel Xeon E-2244G 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	5335
	Intel Core i3-1215U 6C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	5328
	Intel Core i5-1155G7 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	5318

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-7560U 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1237
	Intel Xeon Gold 6152 22C 44T @ 3.70 GHz	1237
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 26C 52T @ 4.00 GHz	1234
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1233
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218N 16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz	1232
	Intel Core i5-10310U 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	1230
	Intel Core i7-5775C 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1230

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) 6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz	5402
	Intel Xeon E-2234 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	5402
	Intel Core i5-8600 6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz	5391
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	5387
	Intel Core i5-1135G7 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	5373
	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	5372
	Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	5368

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-8259U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	377
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz	376
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	375
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	374
	AMD EPYC 7272 12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz	373
	AMD EPYC 7282 16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz	373
	AMD EPYC 7232P 8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	372

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-7800X 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	2809
	Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	2768
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	2764
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	2736
	Intel Core i7-10750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2732
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	2684
	Intel Core i7-9750HF 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	2653

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	107
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	107
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	107
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	104
	Intel Core i7-9750HF 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	103
	Intel Core i7-9750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	103
	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	98

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-1250U 10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz	13302
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz	13245
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	13236
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	13230
	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	13224
	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	13210
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	13207

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i7-6850K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	279.7
	Intel Core i7-9700KF 8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	288.4
	Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	290.2
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	292.5
	Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	297.1
	Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	305.3
	Intel Core i7-9750H 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	307

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-4690K 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	432
	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	431
	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	430
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	424
	Intel Core i3-8100 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	422
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	421
	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	420

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	3367
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3352
	Intel Core i7-7800X 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	3341
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	3340
	Intel Core i5-10500H 6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz	3339
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz	3285
	AMD Ryzen 5 4600H 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	3253

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-9600T 6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz	159
	Intel Core i7-3960X 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	159
	Intel Pentium G4620 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	159
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	158
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400E 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	158
	Intel Core i5-8200Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	158
	Intel Core i3-1005G1 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	158

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	1341
	Intel Xeon Gold 5115 10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz	1327
	Intel Core i5-10600T 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1324
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1305
	Intel Xeon E-2176G 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1288
	Intel Core i7-7800X 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1285
	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	1275

Benchmarks

Description of the processor

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 processor has 6 CPU cores and is based on AMDs optimized Zen+ architecture (Pinnacle Ridge). Its base clock is 3.4 GHz, and the processor can clock all cores up to 3.7 GHz as needed. The maximum clock rate under single-core load is 3.9 GHz.

Hyper-Threading technology allows the processor to report 12 logical processors to the operating system. Hyper-Threading uses gaps in the sequence of instruction chains and fills them up in an optimized way. Thus, the performance can be increased enormously depending on the application.

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is a popular gaming processor because it offers an excellent price-performance ratio. The processors high clock rates are also relatively useful in games, because many games still do not scale well with the number of cores. Overclockers will also get their moneys worth with the AMD Ryzen 5 2600, because the processor can be easily overclocked thanks to a free multiplier. It is also very fast (assuming sufficient cooling).

Working memory is supported up to DDR4-2933, and significantly higher clock rates of the memory are also possible in OC mode. It has 2 memory channels and therefore supports dual-channel mode, in which the memory bandwidth is doubled. The memory error correction ECC is supported by the AMD Ryzen 5 2600, but the motherboard must then also support the ECC correction. Since ECC is still not very common in the private sector, many motherboard manufacturers neglect ECC support.

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 fits into the AM4 socket and has 16 MB Level 3 cache. Its TDP is listed at 65 watts. This can also be exceeded permanently in Turbo mode. If the processor is overclocked, the TDP is also significantly higher than the 65 watts.

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 was introduced in the 2nd quarter of 2018 at a price of just under 200 Euros.

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