Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 90% to 410%, including 410% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 7,306).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 2600 and the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. 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 · Zen 4

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Full AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 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	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
cores	6	—
threads	12	—
base clock ghz	3.4	—
boost clock ghz	3.9	—
tdp w	65	—
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, PCGamesN, CPU-Monkey, Digital Trends, OC Inside, MiniXPC, WePC, Notebookcheck, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, The FPS Review, PassMark, Tom's Hardware, numberworld.org and HWBOT; 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	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, PCGamesN, CPU-Monkey, Digital Trends, OC Inside, MiniXPC	7,306 points	37,257 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: CGDirector, WePC, CPU-Monkey, Digital Trends, OC Inside, Notebookcheck	1,053 points	2,015 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: WePC, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, The FPS Review	5,239 points	19,810 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: WePC, technical.city, Geekbench Browser	1,162 points	2,972 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	13,133 points	62,187 pts
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	4,254 pts
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	2,234 points	4,252 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	—	3 rank
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: numberworld.org	110 seconds	—
Y-cruncher Pi-1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT	—	18 seconds

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 2600 or the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X?

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 2600 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 90% to 410%, including 410% in Cinebench R23 multi (37,257 vs 7,306).