AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1400

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    165%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    131%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    199%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 31% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 99% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 65% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1400

None

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD Ryzen 5 1400
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD Ryzen 5 1400
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsZen
Release DateMar 2018vsApr 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD Ryzen 5 1400
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD Ryzen 5 1400
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD Ryzen 5 1400
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2600XAMD Ryzen 5 1400
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4250 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    4675 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    3740 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    28987 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    17177 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    1403
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    705

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    176
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    134

points - higher is better