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: 104.30

Overall Rank:
1099th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
1279th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
356th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13037

Single Thread Rating

2195

Samples: 3105*
*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	44,488 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	22,980 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,759 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,554 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	181,664 KBytes/Sec
Physics	664 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,122 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,195 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of March 2025.
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!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	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 Desktop Computer	$279.00 (www.amazon.com)
	GEEKOM A5 Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5825U(8C/16T, up to 4.5GHz), 16GB DDR4&512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, Vega 8 Graphics, Windows 11 Pro Desktop Computer Support 8K UHD/Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth 5.2/USB 3.2	$299.00 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Pavilion 27-a100 AIO (2022) Touch \| 27" 1600x900 HD+ \| Ryzen 5 Pro - 7530U - 2TB SSD Hard Drive - 64GB RAM \| 6 cores @ 4.5 GHz Win 11 Home Black	$1589.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink SER5 Pro Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7 5700U(8C/16T, up to 4.3GHz), 16GB DDR4 RAM 1TB PCle3.0 SSD, Mini Desktop Computer Support Triple 4K@60Hz Display, WiFi6, BT5.2, DP+HDMI, Auto Power On	$389.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Skytech O11 Vision Gaming PC Desktop, Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz (5GHz Turbo Boost), NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7, 1TB Gen4 SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM 6000 RGB, 850W Gold PSU, 360mm ARGB AIO, Wi-Fi, Win 11	$2399.99 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,751
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,495
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,037

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.61
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		104.30
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.34
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		2,195

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2513377 - Mar 28 2025		13376
BL2512119 - Mar 27 2025		12656
BL2510806 - Mar 27 2025		12843
BL2509830 - Mar 26 2025		13039
BL2508187 - Mar 26 2025		13248

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,037
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,277 (-5.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,894 (+6.6%)
Intel Core i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		11,435 (-12.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,033 (+23.0%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,588 (+4.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,173 (+1.0%)
Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,939 (-0.8%)
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,788 (-1.9%)
Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		10,168 (-22.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		7,743 (-40.6%)
Intel Core i5-12400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,861 (+21.7%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,800 (+28.9%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,362
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		1,729

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