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    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
      116%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
      102%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
      130%
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 16% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    None
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    XFR

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Zen+
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsZen
    Release DateMar 2018vsMar 2018

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    Cores8vs6
    Threads16vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size192mm²vs192mm²
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700XAMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock4350 MHzvs4250 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP105 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
      4785 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      4675 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
      39723 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      28987 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
      1828
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      1403

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
      180
    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      176

    points - higher is better

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