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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 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 1600X Good for Gaming?

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

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 95 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 1600X Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 104.32

Overall Rank:
1028th fastest in multithreading out of 4918 CPUs
1216th fastest in single threading out of 4918 CPUs
339th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $125.00 USD (2025-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
13040
Single Thread Rating
2197

Samples: 3040*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 13,048
Thread: 1,967

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Integer Math44,498 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math22,982 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting21,767 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,562 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression181,649 KBytes/Sec
Physics664 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions7,116 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,197 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of January 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of January 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$125.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.com$68.40 USDBuy Now!
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2322720 - Jan 05 2025
13188
BL2319414 - Jan 03 2025
13339
BL2319212 - Jan 03 2025
13119
BL2318960 - Jan 03 2025
13236
BL2318925 - Jan 03 2025
13734
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
As of 7th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,040
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,815 (-1.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,276 (-5.9%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
11,440 (-12.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
16,052 (+23.1%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
15,690 (+20.3%)
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
14,286 (+9.6%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,615 (+4.4%)
Intel Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
13,378 (+2.6%)
Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
12,109 (-7.1%)
Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
9,834 (-24.6%)
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
14,448 (+10.8%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
10,656 (-18.3%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,214
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,875
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,765
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,588
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,315
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,864
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,565
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,515
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,314
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,297
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,157
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8,920
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
1,730


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