AMD Ryzen 5 2600
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Overall Score
31/100
GRADE D · Poor
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is an engineering-tested processors achieving an overall rating of 31/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.

Benchmark Performance Scores

Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
45/100
Rating: Poor
Performance
37/100
Rating: Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
L1 Cache 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared)
Multiplier 34x
P-Cores 6
P-Threads 12
Total Cores 6
Total Threads 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.9 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
Background blur 22.9 images/sec
Clang compilation 39.8 Klines/sec
File compression 582.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 134.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 160.4 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 48 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.95 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 102.9 pages/sec

General

General specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
Instruction Set x86-64
Integrated GPU No
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 8500
Released September 11, 2018
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Type Desktop
Vendor Amd

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
ECC Support Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 43.71 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB
Memory Channels 2
Memory Types - DDR4-2933

Misc

Misc specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
PCI Express Lanes 20
PCI Express Version 3.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

Package

Package specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
Fabrication Process 12 nm
Peak Temperature 95°C
Socket AM4
TDP (PL1) 65 W
Transistors 4.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
Data compression 186.9 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12.4 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 37M Primes/sec
Floating point math 22.9 GOps/sec
Integer math 44.4 GOps/sec
Physics 669 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
Blender / Watt 1.65 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 80.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 202 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications for AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Specification Value
Date Benchmark
📘 2024-08-25(Guest #2) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-06-10(Edwardvansloan) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-02-25(Friendly_Name) Cinebench 2024

Strengths & Limitations

Key Advantages

  • Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.

Key Considerations

  • No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.

Direct Competitors & Alternatives

Methodology, Provenance & Verification

Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).

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