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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Processor Review

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At stock, the Ryzen 5 2600X is off to a great start. It blasts ahead of the older Ryzen 5 and 7’s in 3DMark, with a score of 20232, putting it just behind the Intel i5-8600K. However, scoring 5610 in Unigine was more impressive, our fastest stock score for Unigine to date! The good numbers keep rolling in from there too, with 5163 in PCMark 10 putting it just behind the Ryzen 2700X for multitasking, which was even ahead of the 1950X! While video rendering and other demanding tasks are still faster on Ryzen 7, the new Ryzen 5 blazed a trail in those benchmarks too, beating the first gen Ryzen with ease in all tests.

Despite the Max Boost Clock of 4.2 GHz, I managed to hit a tasty 4.25 GHz at 1.4v on this CPU. Overclocking saw some huge performance gains in pretty much every benchmark too. Scoring 21155 in 3DMark amazingly put it ahead of the Ryzen 7 2700X, and within shouting distance of the Intel 8600K. Of course, the overclock cut down WPrime times to just 119.616 seconds, around 8 seconds faster than the first generation 1600X. The most significant improvement, however, is single core performance in CineBench, the older 1600X hit just 164 points, while the new one boosted to 173 points. Not the biggest gain ever, but it’s still a step up and puts it close to the Intel i5-8400.

3DMark Firestrike

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Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme

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PCMark 10 Express

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WPrime 32M and 1024M

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Cinebench R15

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Handbrake MP4 to MKV Conversion 4K

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Peter Donnell

As a child still in my 30's (but not for long), I spend my day combining my love of music and movies with a life-long passion for gaming, from arcade classics and retro consoles to the latest high-end PC and console games. So it's no wonder I write about tech and test the latest hardware while I enjoy my hobbies!

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