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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 2600X outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 2600X is 580 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
- Performs up to 1% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Athlon 3000G - 157 vs 155 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 69% cheaper than Ryzen 5 2600X - £60.0 vs £195.0
- Up to 69% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Ryzen 5 2600X - £0.39 vs £1.24 per FPS
- Consumes up to 63% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 2600X - 35 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 2600X doesn't have integrated graphics
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Highest
AMD YD260XBCAFBOX Ryzen 5 2600X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
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AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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Ryzen 5 2600X
Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Athlon |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Picasso |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 35 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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