AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 99.99
$ 136.00 significantly less expensive
$ 235.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
5542 points
27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
6612 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
5172 points
34% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
5056 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points
4496 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
141.60 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
5675 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1118 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
5693 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1144 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
768 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
289th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 1800X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1800X beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2600. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 1800X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 1800X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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