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.

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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: 189.24

Overall Rank:
982nd fastest in multithreading out of 4847 CPUs
1172nd fastest in single threading out of 4847 CPUs
317th fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $68.99 USD (2024-07-23)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13056

Single Thread Rating

2198

Samples: 2970*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Integer Math	44,560 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	23,006 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,816 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,587 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	181,853 KBytes/Sec
Physics	666 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,117 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,198 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of September 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$125.00 USD	Buy Now!
	$68.99 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	Skytech Shadow Gaming PC Desktop, Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 Ghz (4.4GHz Turbo Boost), AMD RX 6600 8GB GDDR6, 1TB SSD, 16GB DDR4 RAM 3200, 650W Gold PSU, Wi-Fi, Win 11 Home	$849.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink SER5 Mini PC,AMD Ryzen 5 5560U (6C/12T,up to 4.0GHz),Mini Computer with 16GB DDR4/500GB NVMe SSD,Support Triple Screen Display (HDMI+DP+Type-C),WiFi6,BT5.2,Type-C,Gigabit LAN	$269.00 (www.amazon.com)
	SkyTech Blaze - Gaming Computer PC Desktop – Ryzen 5 1600 6-Core 3.2 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB, 1TB HDD, 16GB DDR4, AC WiFi, Windows 10 Home 64-bit (16GB Version)	$999.00 (www.amazon.com)
	KAMRUI AM08PRO Mini PC with AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS (up to 4.75GHz), 32GB DDR5 4800MHz RAM 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, Mini Desktop Computer Supports Triple Display/WiFi 6 / BT 5.2/2.5G Ethernet	$419.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink EQR6 Mini PC AMD Ryzen 5 6600H(Up to 4.5GHz), 16GB DDR5 RAM 500GB PCIE4.0 SSD Dual LAN Mini PC, AMD Radeon 660M, Dual HDMI/ WiFi6/ BT5.2/ Home/Office/Build-in Power Supply Mini Computer	$349.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 23rd of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,103
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,479
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,125
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,609
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,871
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,271
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,749
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,531
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,167
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,056

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 23rd of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		239.89
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		189.24
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		182.41
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.59
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.72
Intel Core i9-13900K		116.12
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.62
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		58.94
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 23rd of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,623
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,906
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,806
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,692
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		2,198

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2200899 - Sep 22 2024		12743
BL2194711 - Sep 14 2024		12895
BL2193951 - Sep 13 2024		13318
BL2192618 - Sep 11 2024		12038
BL2190312 - Sep 09 2024		13448

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
As of 23rd of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,056
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		14,816 (+13.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,907 (+6.5%)
Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		10,769 (-17.5%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,699 (+20.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,129 (+23.5%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		14,118 (+8.1%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,629 (+4.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,193 (+1.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,163 (+0.8%)
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,844 (-1.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,279 (-6.0%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		11,600 (-11.1%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Good for Gaming?
As of 23rd of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,436
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,259
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,174
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,036
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,495
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,393
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,092
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,965
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,820
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,777
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,527
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		1,987

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