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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD Desktop CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

33D
Cores6
Threads12
Boost Clock4.2 GHz
TDP95 W
SocketAM4
Process12 nm
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Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core68
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core485
TDP95 W
Cache L316MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)68
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)485
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)1272
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)5577
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)2378
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)13,867

Full specifications

GeekBench v6

File compression
528.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation
46 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
133.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
172.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
112.6 pages/sec
Background blur
24.5 images/sec
Photo processing
52.9 images/sec
Ray tracing
9.89 Mpixels/sec

PassMark

Integer math
47.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math
24.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
38M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
22.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption
13.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression
198.8 MBytes/sec
Physics
690 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
7.6B Matrices/sec

Performance Per Watt

Cinebench 2024 / Watt
5.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
58.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
146 PPW

General

Vendor
Amd
Released
April 19, 2018
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Integrated GPU
No
Intel Equivalent
- Intel Core i5 8600K
Successor
- AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

CPU

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

Package

Transistors
4.8 billions
Fabrication Process
12 nm
TDP (PL1)
95 W
Socket
AM4
Peak Temperature
95°C

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X official page
PCI Express Version
3.0
PCI Express Lanes
20
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA - Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT, XFR 2 - Virtualization: AMD-V - Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.

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