AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and AMD Ryzen 5 1500X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2600

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
• Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET vs 14 nm
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2244 vs 2112
• Around 45% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13189 vs 9099
• Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 974 vs 906
• Around 47% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5321 vs 3620

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

• Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 3706 vs 3456

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2244 2112
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	13189 9099
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	974 906
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	5321 3620
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	CPU 1 CPU 2	3456 3706

Compare specifications (specs)