| Attribute |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X × | 
AMD FX-8350 × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Series | AMD Ryzen | AMD FX |
| Model | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | AMD FX-8350 |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 3.6 | 4 |
| CPU Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | - |
| Overclocking | + | + |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | 4 | - |
| Turbo (8 Cores) (GHz) | - | 4.1 |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | No | No |
| h264 | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | No |
| VP8 | No | No |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | No | No |
| VP9 | No | No |
| AVC | No | No |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 64 | - |
| PCIe lanes | 20 | - |
| PCIe version | 3.0 | - |
| ECC | + | + |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2018 | 2012 |
| Technology (Nm) | 12 | 32 |
| Socket | AM4 | AM3+ |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 16 | 8 |
| Architecture | Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge) | Vishera |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| Temp junction max (°C) | 95 | - |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 95 | 125 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 14,360 | 9,068 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1,052 | 573 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 5,782 | 2,777 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 176 | 96 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 1,380 | 665 |
| Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) | 421 | 209 |
| Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) | 3,048 | 1,298 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 2.08 | 1.11 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 14.4 | 6.94 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 4,823 | 2,144 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 22,745 | 11,164 |
| Blender 2.81 (bmw27) | 278.4 | 691.3 |
| Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) | 1,074 | 579 |
| Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) | 7,514 | 3,803 |