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AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 106.76

Overall Rank:
1170th fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
1502nd fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
381st fastest in out of 1430 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $115.00 USD (2025-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
12277
Single Thread Rating
2066

Samples: 8228*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 12,200
Thread: 1,825

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Integer Math41,510 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math21,415 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting20,258 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption11,696 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression172,148 KBytes/Sec
Physics644 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions6,666 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,066 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of April 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$115.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2559380 - Apr 16 2025
12756
BL2559155 - Apr 16 2025
13784
BL2558785 - Apr 16 2025
11809
BL2558066 - Apr 16 2025
12674
BL2557507 - Apr 16 2025
11815
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600
As of 22nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
12,277
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
13,039 (+6.2%)
Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
9,392 (-23.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
13,894 (+13.2%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
13,586 (+10.7%)
Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
12,780 (+4.1%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
11,568 (-5.8%)
Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
10,157 (-17.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
7,736 (-37.0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
16,797 (+36.8%)
Intel Core i3-14100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
15,301 (+24.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
14,801 (+20.6%)
Intel Core i3-13100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600
13,636 (+11.1%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,175
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,320
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,845
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,605
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,817
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,705
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,423
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
9,341
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
1,656