AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X was released in Q2/2018 and has 6 cores. The processor can process 12 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket AM4 (PGA 1331). In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X achieved a result of 1,052 points (single-core) or 5,782 points (multi-core).
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of AMD Ryzen 5 2600X.

Name: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Family: AMD Ryzen 5 (78)
CPU group: AMD Ryzen 2000 (9)
Architecture: Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 2
Predecessor: --
Successor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is 3.60 GHz (4.20 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 12
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 6x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores): 4.00 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X supports a maximum of 64 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 46.9 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
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 AMD Ryzen 5 2600X has a TDP of 95 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

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

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is made in 12 nm and has 16.00 MB cache.

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: 220 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
67
Intel Core i7-8809G Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
67
Intel Xeon W-3175X Intel Xeon W-3175X
28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz
67
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
66
Intel Core i3-10105F Intel Core i3-10105F
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
66
Intel Core i3-10105 Intel Core i3-10105
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
66
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
66

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i3-13100 Intel Core i3-13100
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
465
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
458
Intel Core i5-12500T Intel Core i5-12500T
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
458
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
455
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
452
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
443
Intel Core i5-10400 Intel Core i5-10400
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
443

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 i5-8259U Intel Core i5-8259U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1079
Intel Core i5-1034G1 Intel Core i5-1034G1
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1078
Intel Core i5-1035G1 Intel Core i5-1035G1
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1078
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1074
Intel Core i7-8850H Intel Core i7-8850H
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1074
Intel Core i3-9100F Intel Core i3-9100F
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1072
Intel Core i3-9100 Intel Core i3-9100
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1072

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.
Apple M1 Apple M1
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
7759
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
7555
Intel Core i7-1255U Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
7545
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
7514
Intel Core i7-10850H Intel Core i7-10850H
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
7455
Intel Core i5-9600KF Intel Core i5-9600KF
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
7301
Intel Core i5-9600K Intel Core i5-9600K
6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz
7301

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.
AMD EPYC 7402 AMD EPYC 7402
24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz
1055
Intel Core i7-10510Y Intel Core i7-10510Y
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1055
Intel Core i5-8400 Intel Core i5-8400
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
1053
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1052
Intel Xeon W-2133 Intel Xeon W-2133
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
1052
AMD EPYC 7552 AMD EPYC 7552
48C 96T @ 3.30 GHz
1052
AMD EPYC 7742 AMD EPYC 7742
64C 128T @ 3.40 GHz
1050

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
5789
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5786
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
5782
Intel Xeon E-2334 Intel Xeon E-2334
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
5769
AMD Ryzen 7 2700E AMD Ryzen 7 2700E
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
5768
Intel Core i7-4930K Intel Core i7-4930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5746

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 i5-8260U Intel Core i5-8260U
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1288
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1288
Intel Core i5-9300HF Intel Core i5-9300HF
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1288
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1287
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
1286
Intel Core i5-8265U Intel Core i5-8265U
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1286
Intel Core i3-10100TE Intel Core i3-10100TE
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1284

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.
Intel Xeon D-2143IT Intel Xeon D-2143IT
8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz
5621
Intel Core i7-11375H Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
5610
Intel Core i5-9600 Intel Core i5-9600
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
5602
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
5598
Intel Core i7-8700T Intel Core i7-8700T
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
5578
Intel Core i9-8950HK Intel Core i9-8950HK
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
5568
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5548

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 i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i5-9300HF Intel Core i5-9300HF
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i9-9820X Intel Core i9-9820X
10C 20T @ 4.20 GHz
422
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
421
Intel Core i7-6700K Intel Core i7-6700K
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
421
Intel Core i5-1035G1 Intel Core i5-1035G1
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
420
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
419

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz
3107
AMD Ryzen 7 2700E AMD Ryzen 7 2700E
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
3065
Intel Core i7-5930K Intel Core i7-5930K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
3052
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
3048
Intel Core i7-1255U Intel Core i7-1255U
10C 12T @ 2.70 GHz
3009
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
3007
Intel Core i5-10600T Intel Core i5-10600T
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
2993

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.
Intel Core i9-11950H Intel Core i9-11950H
8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz
112
Intel Core i5-10400 Intel Core i5-10400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
110
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
110
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
109
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
107
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
107
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1600
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
107

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 Xeon E-2236 Intel Xeon E-2236
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
14229
Intel Xeon E-2246G Intel Xeon E-2246G
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
14127
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
12C 24T @ 2.50 GHz
14028
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
13982
AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 AMD EPYC Embedded 3251
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
13982
Intel Core i9-9880H Intel Core i9-9880H
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
13961
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
13948

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 i7-5960X Intel Core i7-5960X
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
254.1
Apple M2 Apple M2
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
277
Apple M2 (8-GPU) Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
277
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
278.4
Intel Core i7-6850K Intel Core i7-6850K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
279.7
Intel Core i7-9700KF Intel Core i7-9700KF
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
288.4
Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
290.2

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 i7-4790K Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
456
Intel Core i7-9750H Intel Core i7-9750H
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
451
Intel Core i5-8400 Intel Core i5-8400
6C 6T @ 3.80 GHz
450
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
446
Intel Core i7-7700 Intel Core i7-7700
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
435
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
432
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
432

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.
Intel Core i3-14100 Intel Core i3-14100
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
3625
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz
3615
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
3595
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
3593
Intel Core i5-10400 Intel Core i5-10400
6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz
3551
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz
3548
Intel Core i7-6850K Intel Core i7-6850K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
3480

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.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz
177
Intel Core i7-5960X Intel Core i7-5960X
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
177
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
177
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
176
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
176
Intel Core i3-10300T Intel Core i3-10300T
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
176
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
176

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.
AMD Ryzen 9 4900U AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
1384
Intel Xeon W-2135 Intel Xeon W-2135
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1382
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
1381
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1380
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
10C 20T @ 2.60 GHz
1374
AMD Ryzen 7 2700E AMD Ryzen 7 2700E
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
1364
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
1360

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News and articles for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X


Description of the processor

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600x is a 6-core processor of the manufacturer AMD. It is based on the Zen + Architecture of Zen Design (Pinnacle Ridge) and is manufactured in 12 nm in globalfoundries. He supports hyper-threading and can provide 12 logical processors. Multithreading applications benefit as well as virtualization and modern AAA games.

Through its high clock frequencies, the AMD Ryzen 5 2600x is also very good as a game processor. There are already 3.6 GHz already in the base cycle. The frequencies can lift the processor with multi-core load to 4 GHz. Older applications or games that can only appeal to a processor core at the same time run up to 4.2 GHz.

It is released for the use of DDR4-2933 Memory. But faster memory modules can also be operated. For this purpose, the processor has two memory channels and supports dual-channel mode that significantly increases the memory bandwidth. The ECC error correction of the memory is supported, but requires a compatible mainboard with ECC support.

Due to its good price-performance ratio as well as its good stroke pleasure, the AMD Ryzen 5 2600x is a very popular processor on CPU-Monkey. It is often recommended to OC beginners, as the complexity of overclocking increases with the number of cores. AMD has provided the AMD Ryzen 5 2600x with a higher TDP of 95 watts, the standard for Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 processors is 65 watts. Due to the higher TDP higher clock frequencies are easier to achieve. In the overclocking, however, the 95 watts are significantly exceeded depending on the clock frequency of the processor.

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X was presented in Q2 / 2018 at a price of $ 220. It has 16 MB Level 3 cache and supports modern virtualization functions as well as encryption via hardware.



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