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:
1118th fastest in multithreading out of 5063 CPUs
1295th fastest in single threading out of 5063 CPUs
359th fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13038

Single Thread Rating

2194

Samples: 3124*
*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	44,478 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	22,980 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	35 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	21,748 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	12,553 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	181,694 KBytes/Sec
Physics	664 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,124 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,194 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 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	$359.00 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Processor, AMD Radeon RX 5500, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Windows 11 Home (TG01-2130, Shadow Black)	$699.99 (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 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	$2599.99 (www.amazon.com)
	msecore Mini PC with AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS, 64G DDR5 RAM, 2T PCIE4.0 SSD, Dual LAN, Support 1 * 2.5G, 2HDMI, 1USB4.0, 4K Triple Display, Wi-Fi 6e, Small Desktop Computer, VESA, Windows 11 Pro	$749.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,722
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,322
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,131
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,190
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,038

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		222.36
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.04
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.82
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		104.30
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
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 16th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
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		2,922
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
BL2553309 - Apr 14 2025		13533
BL2551929 - Apr 13 2025		13745
BL2550374 - Apr 12 2025		12646
BL2549872 - Apr 12 2025		13604
BL2549828 - Apr 12 2025		13333

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
As of 16th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,038
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%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,031 (+23.0%)
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		13,586 (+4.2%)
Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,788 (-1.9%)
Intel Core i3-12100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		12,782 (-2.0%)
Intel Core i5-10500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		10,167 (-22.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		7,737 (-40.7%)
Intel Core i5-12400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,877 (+21.8%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		16,794 (+28.8%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,661 (+20.1%)
Intel Core i3-14100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		15,287 (+17.3%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,504
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,177
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,345
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,612
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,820
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,691
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,513
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,443
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,426
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X		1,729

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