AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD FX-8320

Ryzen 5 2600 vs FX-8320 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the FX-8320 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 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-8320. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8320. It also has more threads than the FX-8320. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8320 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the FX-8320 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8320.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.