AMD Ryzen 5 2600 - CPU Specs

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Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD Ryzen 2000
Family
AMD Ryzen
Generation
2
Name
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
6
CPU Threads
12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
3.9 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None
Graphics verification source
https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
No
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
No
VC-1
No
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
Yes
Max. Memory
64 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-2933
PCIe lanes
20
PCIe version
3.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
95 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
65 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
16.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q2/2018
Socket
AM4
Technology
12 nm
Virtualization
AMD-V, SVM

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 2600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

250 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

197 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

332 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

201 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

284 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

233 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

435 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

331 place
Monero Hashrate kH/s

68 place
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

69 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

87 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

155 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

88 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

128 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

271 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1024

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1035

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

1028

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

7220

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

7314

Intel Core i7-10750H

7301

Intel Core i5-9600K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

374

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

377

Intel Core i5-8259U

376

Intel Xeon Platinum 8180

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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2736

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

2809

Intel Core i7-7800X

2768

Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

164

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

165

Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M

165

Intel Xeon Platinum 8180

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

1310

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1341

Intel Core i5-10400

1327

Intel Xeon Gold 5115

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

977

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

978

Intel Core i5-9500T

978

Intel Core i5-4670K

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

5351

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

5465

Intel Core i7-9700T

5441

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

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Monero Hashrate kH/s

Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

4.5 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

4.75 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

4.75 kH/s

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is Open Source Software, creating predefined 3D scenes and measuring the time to execute them

Lower values are better; time in seconds.

292.5 s

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

279.7 s

Intel Core i7-6850K

288.4 s

Intel Core i7-9700KF

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

4280

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

4301

Intel Core i3-7350K

4295

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

21714

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

22600

Intel Core i7-4930K

22052

Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.96

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1.97

Intel Core i7-8565U

1.97

Intel Core i7-4790K

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

13.92

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

14.11

Intel Core i7-7800X

14.08

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

13511

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

13540

Intel Core i7-9750H

13540

Intel Core i7-9850H

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.