Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 5 3600X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 3600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 10% to 49%, including 30% in Cinebench R23 multi (9,526 vs 7,306).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 2600 and the Ryzen 5 3600X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 5 2600

6 cores65W TDP$199 MSRP2018

Full Ryzen 5 2600 benchmarks →

AMD

Ryzen 5 3600X

6 cores95W TDP

Full Ryzen 5 3600X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 2600	Ryzen 5 3600X
cores	6	6
threads	12	12
base clock ghz	3.4	3.8
boost clock ghz	3.9	—
tdp w	65	95
l3 cache mb	16	—
process nm	12	—
socket	AMD Socket AM4	—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from CGDirector, CPU-Monkey, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, PassMark Software and numberworld.org; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 2600	Ryzen 5 3600X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, CPU-Monkey	7,306 points	9,526 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, CPU-Monkey	1,053 points	1,323 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB	5,239 points	7,372 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB	1,162 points	1,732 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	13,133 points	18,123 points
PassMark CPU Mark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	—	2,645 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	2,413 points	2,646 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	2,234 points	—
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: numberworld.org	110 seconds	—

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 2600 or the Ryzen 5 3600X?

The Ryzen 5 3600X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 10% to 49%, including 30% in Cinebench R23 multi (9,526 vs 7,306).