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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. But this CPU contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [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: 153.78

Overall Rank:
1086th fastest in multithreading out of 5034 CPUs
1221st fastest in single threading out of 5034 CPUs
351st fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $85.66 USD (2025-03-19)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13173
Single Thread Rating
2241

Samples: 12990*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Integer Math44,578 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math22,963 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers37 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting21,631 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,456 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression187,240 KBytes/Sec
Physics675 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,167 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,241 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$140.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.com$85.66 USDBuy Now!
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,754
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,498
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,197
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,634
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,173
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 236.43
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 153.78
Intel Core i9-12900K
 130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K
 101.30
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.35
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 2,241
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2509361 - Mar 26 2025
12815
BL2509280 - Mar 26 2025
12984
BL2508870 - Mar 26 2025
13094
BL2508704 - Mar 26 2025
13580
BL2507454 - Mar 25 2025
13412
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,173
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 11,435 (-13.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 16,122 (+22.4%)
Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 14,128 (+7.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,894 (+5.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 13,039 (-1.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 12,276 (-6.8%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 11,577 (-12.1%)
Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 10,168 (-22.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 17,718 (+34.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 12,790 (-2.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 19,344 (+46.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 15,684 (+19.1%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,187
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,340
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,538
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,825
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,698
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,530
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,407
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 9,292
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
 1,892