Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 5800X — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 5800X. Release years: 2018, 2020. MSRP range: $199 · $449. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 5 2600

6 cores65W TDP$199 MSRP2018

Full Ryzen 5 2600 benchmarks →

AMD · Zen 3

Ryzen 7 5800X

8 cores105W TDP$449 MSRP2020

Full Ryzen 7 5800X benchmarks →

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

Where to buy

Current in-stock pricing for each part on Amazon.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 2600	Ryzen 7 5800X
cores	6	8
threads	12	16
base clock ghz	3.4	—
boost clock ghz	3.9	4.7
tdp w	65	105
l3 cache mb	16	32
process nm	12	—
socket	AMD Socket AM4	AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Higher is better. Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 2600	Ryzen 7 5800X
Cinebench R23 multi	7,089 points	15,228 points
Cinebench R23 single	1,012 points	1,596 points
Geekbench 6 multi	5,239 points	10,282 points
Geekbench 6 single	1,162 points	2,174 points
PassMark CPU Mark	13,133 points	27,679 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating	2,234 points	—
PassMark Single-Thread	—	3,448 points
Y-cruncher 1B	110 seconds	32
Y-cruncher Pi-1B	—	32 seconds

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.