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Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Ryzen 5 2600 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 931 days newer than Ryzen 5 2600.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 2600

  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 28% better in Cyberpunk 2077 than Ryzen 5 2600 - 92 vs 72 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2600 - 24 vs 12 threads
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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Logo
Ryzen 5 2600

Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018


FPS

72

78%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

92

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.63/FPS

100%

Price, €

€242.21

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Processore AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12C/24T, 70 MB di cache, fino a 4,8 GHz Max Boost)

Buy for 242.21 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 166 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Logo
Ryzen 5 2600

Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Logo
Ryzen 5 2600

Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1152

53%

Multi-Core

4841

41%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Logo

Ryzen 5 2600

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Apr 19th, 2018Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 5CollectionRyzen 9
Pinnacle RidgeCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM4SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
12
12Threads
24
3.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
3.9 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
65 W
TDP105 W
12 nmProcess Size
7 nm
34.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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