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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Ryzen 5 2600

48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
VS
31 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Ryzen 5 2600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X against the 3.4 GHz Ryzen 5 2600. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
48.0
(Average)
Value Index
40.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2600 and 5600X
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 87% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2173 vs 1162 points
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 2 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
  • Around 7.49 GB/s (17%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 5600X
vs
Ryzen 5 2600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 459 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2477 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +87%
2173
Ryzen 5 2600
1162
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +74%
9135
Ryzen 5 2600
5239
File compression 954.5 MB/sec 582.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.2 Klines/sec 39.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 169 pages/sec 134.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 245 Mpixels/sec 160.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 213.5 pages/sec 102.9 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 22.9 images/sec
Photo processing 68.8 images/sec 48 images/sec
Ray tracing 16 Mpixels/sec 8.95 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1003 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +51%
3366
Ryzen 5 2600
2235
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 5600X +66%
21824
Ryzen 5 2600
13133
Integer math 70.6 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 39.5 GOps/sec 22.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 135M Primes/sec 37M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26.2M Strings/sec 21.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec 12.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 252.2 MBytes/sec 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1307 Frames/sec 669 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 35079 & 15855 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 5600X +46%
156.48
Ryzen 5 2600
107.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 140.5 PPW 80.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 335.8 PPW 202 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.41 PPW 1.65 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (CTB)Cinebench 2026497 / 2892
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (dolip)Cinebench 2026459 / 2477
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Skull)Cinebench 202493 / 592
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Geekbench 6 CPU2174 / 9054
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Cinebench 202490 / 583
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-25 (Friendly_Name)Cinebench 202461 / 420
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Edwardvansloan)Cinebench 202460 / 396
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-25 (Guest #2)Cinebench 202456 / 328
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 5 2600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released October 8, 2020 September 11, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 11600K - Intel Core i5 8500
Successor - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (124th and 179th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 7 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (119th and 177th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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264 (88.3%)
35 (11.7%)
Total votes: 299

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Comments

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