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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 2600 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 1731 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 2600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 47% better in Dead Island 2 than Ryzen 5 2600 - 211 vs 144 FPS
- Up to 3% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Ryzen 5 2600 - CA$2.32 vs CA$2.39 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2600 - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 2600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Up to 30% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - CA$343.92 vs CA$489.0
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
FPS
211
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$2.32/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$489
70%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Updated 17 minutes ago
Ryzen 5 2600
Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018
FPS
144
68.24644549763033%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$2.39/FPS
97.07112970711296%
Price, CA$
CA$343.92
100%
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX
Buy for CA$343.92 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 18 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 7900
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Ryzen 5 2600
Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2600
Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018
Single-Core
1152
40.79320113314447%
Multi-Core
4841
28.91357582273189%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | Apr 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Raphael | Codename | Pinnacle Ridge |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 7900 or Ryzen 5 2600
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
11 FPS
CA$264.42/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660
Ryzen 5 2600
8 GB, N/A Storage
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CA$2,908.58
In Stock
197 FPS
CA$36.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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CA$7,129.51
In Stock
197 FPS
CA$45.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900
16 GB, 4 TB SSD + 10 TB HDD
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CA$8,989
In Stock
27 FPS
CA$286.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 2600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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CA$7,740.05
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