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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      113%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      109%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      116%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    9% higher single threaded performance.
    16% higher multi threaded performance.
    Around 13% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Zen
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsZen
    Release DateMar 2018vsApr 2017

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    Cores6vs6
    Threads12vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vs192mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      3960 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      25766 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      161.51
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      147

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      1325.06
    • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
      1134

    points - higher is better

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