Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 2700 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 2700 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 2700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 2700 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.
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.
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