AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is a AMD desktop processor from the Ryzen lineup, built on the Pinnacle Ridge architecture and released in 2018. This CPU features 6 cores, a base clock of 3600 MHz, maximum turbo frequency of 4200 MHz and 16 MB of L3 cache. Manufactured using 12 nm process technology. The AMD Ryzen 5 2600X is designed for the AM4 socket.It supports overclocking. A dedicated graphics card is required.


Ranking

Popularity is the current popularity of the cpu. Performance is based on Blender Benchmark with 100 being best. Blender Score represents performance value per $.

Popularity (0-100) 65%
Performance (0-100) 53%
Blender Score / $1 0.5

Info

Basic info about the cpu.

Type Desktop
Cores 6
Threads 12
Speed 3.6 GHz
Turbo 4.2 GHz
Current Price $210
Release Price
Release Date 2018
GPU -
Socket AM4
L3 16 MB
Base TDP 95 W
Max TDP
Nm 12 nm
Unlocked Yes
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Benchmark

We use Blender Benchmark which measures multi core cpu performance under load.
Ranking 100% is highest performance among all ranked processors.

Blender Score 105.3
Top % Ranking 53 %
Blender Score / $1 0.5
Samples 80

Details

Class Ryzen
Code Name Pinnacle Ridge
Performance Cores 6
Efficiency Cores 0
Memory Type DDR4
Max Memory
Bits 64-bit
tjMax
L1 Cache 576 kB
L2 Cache 3.0 MB

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