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AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Ryzen 5 2600

60 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
VS
31 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen 5 2600

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600 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
88.4
(Very good)
Value Index
40.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2600 and 7600
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 12 nanometers
  • 2.4x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2797 vs 1162 points
  • Newer - released 4 years and 4 months later
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Around 29.69 GB/s (68%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 31% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 5 7600
vs
Ryzen 5 2600

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Ryzen 5 7600 +91%
756
Ryzen 5 2600
396
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 597 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3144 -
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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 7600 +141%
2797
Ryzen 5 2600
1162
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +138%
12486
Ryzen 5 2600
5239
File compression 1280 MB/sec 582.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 89.8 Klines/sec 39.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 271.7 pages/sec 134.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 313.1 Mpixels/sec 160.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 281.5 pages/sec 102.9 pages/sec
Background blur 55.7 images/sec 22.9 images/sec
Photo processing 89.9 images/sec 48 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.4 Mpixels/sec 8.95 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 788 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +75%
3907
Ryzen 5 2600
2235
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7600 +105%
26969
Ryzen 5 2600
13133
Integer math 80.2 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 48 GOps/sec 22.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 198M Primes/sec 37M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.2M Strings/sec 21.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 12.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 303.8 MBytes/sec 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1750 Frames/sec 669 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6830 & 15855 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 5 7600 +87%
200.8
Ryzen 5 2600
107.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 192.1 PPW 80.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 414.9 PPW 202 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.09 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 7600
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (appiar)Cinebench 2026582 / 3131
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-22 -> Lello75Cinebench 2026611 / 3435
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2856 / 13297
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 (Parrott)Cinebench 2026597 / 3144
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 CPU2859 / 13080
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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 7600 and Ryzen 5 2600

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released January 10, 2023 September 11, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) -
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i5 13600 - Intel Core i5 8500
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7600
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (67th and 179th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.8 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38x 34x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 6.57 billions 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 5 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM5 AM4
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (79th and 177th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) -
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 2 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Ryzen 5 7600
0.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 2600
n/a
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 73.4 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 7600 official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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