AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

6328 points

42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

7752 points

29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

5895 points

49% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

5789 points

51% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points

6531 points

78% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

169.56 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

9595 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

2167 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

5.1 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

8 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600X. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.