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    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2018
    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XAMD Ryzen 5 2600
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    Precision Boost
    3DNow!
    CnQ
    NX bit
    SMT

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XAMD Ryzen 5 2600
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Zen+
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsZen
    Release DateAug 2018vsMar 2018

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XAMD Ryzen 5 2600
    Cores4vs6
    Threads4vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XAMD Ryzen 5 2600
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XAMD Ryzen 5 2600
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageµOPGA-1331vsuPGA
    Die Size210mm²vs192mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 3 2300XAMD Ryzen 5 2600
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3900 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
      4620 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
      15400 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points

    Points - higher is better

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