Ryzen 5 2600X
AMD desktop processor · Ryzen 2000 series · launched April 2018
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Ryzen 5 2600X launched at $229 in 2018. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $302 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 32% rise over 8 years. At its launch price that is 46 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2018 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 105 (middle half of runs 98–113) across 81 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #185 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #3 of 4 in the Ryzen 2000 series.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Ryzen 2000 series |
| Launched | April 2018 |
| Launch price | $229 |
| Socket | AM4 |
| Cores / threads | 6 / 12 |
| Base clock | 3.6 GHz |
| L3 cache | 16 MB |
| Rated power | 95 W (TDP) |
| Tier | 5-series |
The AMD 5-series over time
AMD desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 5 1400 | 2017 | $169 | $228 | — |
| Ryzen 5 1500X | 2017 | $189 | $255 | — |
| Ryzen 5 1600 | 2017 | $219 | $296 | 95 |
| Ryzen 5 1600X | 2017 | $249 | $336 | 97 |
| Ryzen 5 2400G | 2018 | $169 | $223 | 64 |
| Ryzen 5 2600 | 2018 | $199 | $262 | 101 |
| Ryzen 5 2600X | 2018 | $229 | $302 | 105 |
| Ryzen 5 3400G | 2019 | $149 | $193 | 66 |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | 2019 | $199 | $258 | 129 |
| Ryzen 5 3600X | 2019 | $249 | $322 | 132 |
| Ryzen 5 1600 (AF) | 2019 | $85 | $110 | — |
| Ryzen 5 3500X | 2019 | — | — | 85 |
| Ryzen 5 3600XT | 2020 | $249 | $318 | 136 |
| Ryzen 5 4600G | 2020 | $154 | $197 | 119 |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | 2020 | $299 | $382 | 147 |
| Ryzen 5 5600G | 2021 | $259 | $316 | 141 |
Compare with
- Ryzen 5 2600 · 2018 · $199 · 101
- Ryzen 7 2700 · 2018 · $299 · 126
- Ryzen 5 1500X · 2017 · $189
- Ryzen 5 1600 · 2017 · $219 · 95
- Ryzen 5 1600X · 2017 · $249 · 97
- Ryzen 5 3500X · 2019 · 85
- Ryzen 5 3600 · 2019 · $199 · 129
- Ryzen 5 3600X · 2019 · $249 · 132
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