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AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Ryzen 5 2600X

33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 2700 with 8-cores against the 3.6 GHz Ryzen 5 2600X with 6-cores. 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
9.1
(Bad)
Value Index
39.7
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2600X and 2700
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 2700
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Around 3.19 GB/s (7%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1272 vs 1159 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 2700
vs
Ryzen 5 2600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 7 2700
1159
Ryzen 5 2600X +10%
1272
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 2700 +10%
6110
Ryzen 5 2600X
5577
File compression 560.1 MB/sec 528.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 50 Klines/sec 46 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 147 pages/sec 133.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 209.9 Mpixels/sec 172.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 102.6 pages/sec 112.6 pages/sec
Background blur 26.6 images/sec 24.5 images/sec
Photo processing 56.1 images/sec 52.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.7 Mpixels/sec 9.89 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 708 & 600 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 7 2700
2171
Ryzen 5 2600X +10%
2378
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 2700 +13%
15605
Ryzen 5 2600X
13867
Integer math 55.1 GOps/sec 47.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 28.4 GOps/sec 24.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 39M Primes/sec 38M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26.8M Strings/sec 22.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15 GBytes/sec 13.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 232.6 MBytes/sec 198.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 768 Frames/sec 690 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 8.9B Matrices/sec 7.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4781 & 7233 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.8 PPW 5.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 94 PPW 58.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 240.1 PPW 146 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.01 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 7 2700
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-27 (NewMoon)Cinebench 202463 / 505
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-06-13 (StarCry)Cinebench 202466 / 469
📘 2024-12-12 (Firestorm780)Cinebench 202468 / 485
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 2700 and Ryzen 5 2600X

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released April 19, 2018 April 19, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 8700 - Intel Core i5 8600K
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (177th and 176th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 36x
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 4.8 billions 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 12 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 95 W
Socket AM4 AM4
Peak Temperature 95°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (172nd and 171st place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site - AMD Ryzen 5 2600X official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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29 (65.9%)
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Total votes: 44

Comments

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