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Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 9 3900X — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 CPU parts: Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 9 3900X. Release years: 2018, 2019. MSRP range: $199 · $499. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

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*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

SpecRyzen 5 2600Ryzen 9 3900X
cores 612
threads 1224
base clock ghz 3.43.8
boost clock ghz 3.94.6
tdp w 65105
l3 cache mb 1664
process nm 127
socket AMD Socket AM4AMD Socket 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.

BenchmarkRyzen 5 2600Ryzen 9 3900X
Cinebench R23 multi 7,089 points18,682 points
Cinebench R23 single 1,012 points1,312 points
Geekbench 6 multi 5,239 points9,259 points
Geekbench 6 single 1,162 points1,682 points
PassMark CPU Mark 13,133 points32,491 points
PassMark Single Thread —2,702 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating 2,234 points2,702 points
Y-cruncher 1B 110 seconds—
Y-cruncher Pi 1B —89 seconds

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