amd ryzen 5 5600x vs amd ryzen 5 2600
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Desktop) 6-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Newer released 2018 years later
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Newer released 2 years later
- Around 4.3 GB/s (8%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
- 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 3.9 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 12
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | April 13 2018 | October 8 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen+ | Vermeer |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | - | - |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 3.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB (shared) | 32 MB |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 65 W |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 46.933 GB/s | 51.196 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | - |
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3 | 4 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |