AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 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.

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AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 8

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 201.15

Overall Rank:
1273rd fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
1320th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
405th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $45.26 USD (2024-08-19)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

9104

Single Thread Rating

2113

Samples: 894*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 9,978
Thread: 1,880

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Integer Math	28,662 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	14,854 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	34 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	14,050 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	8,223 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	117,435 KBytes/Sec
Physics	555 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	4,615 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,113 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$195.00 USD	Buy Now!
	$45.26 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	iBUYPOWER Scale Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 4500, AMD Radeon RX 6400 4GB, 16GB DDR4 RGB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD_SCA5R6401	$679.99 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GA15DK Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 11 Home, GA15DK-DH776	$1036.00 (www.amazon.com)
	ASUS ROG Strix GA15DK Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, GeForce RTX 3070, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home, GA15DK-DS776,Black	$1299.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Stratos Micro Gaming Desktop - AMD 6 Core Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD, Integrated Radeon Graphics, WiFi, Windows 11 Home - Business Professional Student Computer	$589.99 (www.amazon.com)
	shinobee AMD Ryzen7 4700G Gaming 16-Thread Computer, 4.40 GHz, 16 GB DDR4, AMD Radeon 8-Core Graphics 4GB, 512 GB SSD, USB 3, Windows 11 Prof #7093	$399.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,005
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,594
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,156
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,104

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		201.15
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.46
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		2,113

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2246946 - Nov 16 2024		9696
BL2246665 - Nov 16 2024		9447
BL2245587 - Nov 14 2024		8855
BL2245221 - Nov 14 2024		8938
BL2244775 - Nov 13 2024		9137

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,104
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,645 (+5.9%)
Intel Core i7-7700 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		8,648 (-5.0%)
Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		8,205 (-9.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,753 (-14.8%)
Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		6,101 (-33.0%)
Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		10,202 (+12.1%)
Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,237 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i7-7740X @ 4.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		9,607 (+5.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		8,727 (-4.1%)
Intel Core i7-7700T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,589 (-16.6%)
Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,271 (-20.1%)
Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		7,064 (-22.4%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,240
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,715
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,486
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,942
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X		1,158

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