AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD FX-6300

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD FX 6-Core Black Edition 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-6300

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 50.00

$ 49.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

142% significantly better overall score

1799 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

98% significantly better gaming score

2999 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

166% significantly better multitasking score

1441 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

169% significantly better heavy workload score

1382 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points

65% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2098 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

267% significantly higher Blender score

28.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points

221% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1489 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points

139% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

242% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1426 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

156% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

454 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

288 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

6 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089

757th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

FX 6-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600 vs FX-6300 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the FX-6300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-6300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores than the FX-6300. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 3 cores found in the FX-6300. It also has more threads than the FX-6300. Our comparison shows that the FX-6300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. In terms of cache, the FX-6300 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-6300.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.