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: 104.27

Overall Rank:
1080th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
1271st fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
350th fastest in out of 1414 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13034

Single Thread Rating

2194

Samples: 3074*
*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	44,491 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	22,975 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,763 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,557 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	181,615 KBytes/Sec
Physics	663 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,118 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,194 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of February 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)

	HP Pavilion 27-a100 AIO (2022) Touch \| 27" 1600x900 HD+ \| Ryzen 5 Pro - 7530U - 1TB SSD Hard Drive - 16GB RAM \| 6 cores @ 4.5 GHz Win 11 Home Black	$1366.76 (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)
	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)
	KAMRUI AM08PRO Mini Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS(up to 4.75GHz), 32GB DDR5 1TB NVme/SATA SSD Mini Desktop Computers, 3 Mode Desktop PC Tower PC 4K Triple Display WiFi 6 HDMI+Type-C	$459.00 (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)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,851
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,375
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,063
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,549
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,877
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,205
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,722
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,034

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		218.79
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		196.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.67
Intel Core i9-12900K		139.78
Intel Core i9-13900K		120.11
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		104.27
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.47
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.34
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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,149
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
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		2,194

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2431580 - Feb 21 2025		14071
BL2430832 - Feb 21 2025		12978
BL2429660 - Feb 20 2025		13701
BL2426848 - Feb 19 2025		11947
BL2421367 - Feb 17 2025		11933

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,034
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,800 (-1.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,274 (-5.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,690 (+20.4%)
Intel Core i5-10600K @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		14,280 (+9.6%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,598 (+4.3%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,160 (-6.7%)
Intel Core i5-10400 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,090 (-7.2%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		10,647 (-18.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,339 (+25.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,143 (+23.9%)
Intel Core i5-10600KF @ 4.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		14,190 (+8.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,892 (+6.6%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,869
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,595
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,573
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,840
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,565
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,366
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,183
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,021
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		1,728

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