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Ryzen 5 1600

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.2GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 70.2% (396th of 1442)

Based on 392,253 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F11 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor

The Ryzen 5 1600 is one of four new Ryzen 5 processors released this month. Based on the AMD Zen architecture, which is comparable to Intel in terms of IPC, the Ryzen 5 1600 has six cores which is more than the vast majority of games are able to use (most games cannot use more than four cores). Ryzen 5 CPUs offer gamers better value for money than the eight core Ryzen 7 models released last month. With six cores the 1600 is approximately 75% better at multi-threaded tasks than Intel's quad core i5 flagship – the similarly priced i5-7600K, the 1600 however, has 25% lower single and 33% lower quad core scores. The 1600 has stock base/boost clock speeds of 3.2/3.6 GHz and its price tag of $219 includes a cooler. Assuming a modest overclock of 10% brings the 1600 within striking range of the 1600X which is the Ryzen 5 flagship. The 1600X sports stock base/boost clocks of 3.6/4.0 GHz but costs $30 more than the 1600 and ships without a cooler included in the box. The Ryzen 5 1600 is the best value for money six core CPU we have seen to date. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

Poor: 61%Average: 70.2% Great: 78%
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 averaged 29.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 71.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 102Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is just 16.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 769Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 599Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 392,253 samples)
Rank 39670.2%
Min Avg Max
64.2 Memory 71.7 79.5
88.6 1-Core 102 115
167 2-Core 199 221
69.5% 124 Pts
Min Avg Max
302 4-Core 370 422
514 8-Core 599 671
59.3% 484 Pts
Min Avg Max
645 64-Core 769 863
47.6% 769 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
84% Excellent
Memory 77.8
1-Core 123
2-Core 247
82% 149 Pts
4-Core 484
8-Core 743
76% 614 Pts
64-Core 971
60% 971 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
76% Very good
Memory 78.7
1-Core 104
2-Core 207
73% 130 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 590
61% 493 Pts
64-Core 751
46% 751 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
74.3% Very good
Memory 72.2
1-Core 106
2-Core 210
72% 129 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 642
65% 527 Pts
64-Core 829
51% 829 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
73.7% Very good
Memory 76.1
1-Core 104
2-Core 207
72% 129 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 590
60% 487 Pts
64-Core 792
49% 792 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
73.1% Very good
Memory 73.1
1-Core 105
2-Core 208
72% 129 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 616
62% 505 Pts
64-Core 828
51% 828 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
72.5% Very good
Memory 67.9
1-Core 105
2-Core 207
70% 127 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 633
65% 524 Pts
64-Core 813
50% 813 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
69.8% Good
Memory 71.4
1-Core 102
2-Core 204
70% 126 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 598
59% 483 Pts
64-Core 815
50% 815 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
69.6% Good
Memory 69
1-Core 102
2-Core 194
68% 122 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 582
59% 480 Pts
64-Core 810
50% 810 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
68.1% Good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 105
2-Core 208
72% 129 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 573
55% 455 Pts
64-Core 707
44% 707 Pts
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MSRP ≈ $219 @ launch in Apr '17
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Gaming
Gaming 45%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $92

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples977x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples491x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples303x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples277x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples154x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples151x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples88x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples258x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $442

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 Comments

CPUPro
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2,072

Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

Added 7 years ago.
USA-User
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9,838

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 days ago.

Comment 

Rather get this then an i5 for video editing—Jun '17

RUS-User
Avatar level
4,780

Good

15 months ago.

Still is a good choice in 2020 for everyday tasking and 1080p gaming

IND-User
Avatar level
4,780

Terrible

7 days ago.

Worth the price. It costs around 7000 rupees if bought from the right place.

VNM-User
Avatar level
3,707

Average

8 months ago.

I optimize about performance/price

EGY-User
Avatar level
3,158

Terrible

10 months ago.

The price rised from ~100 to 140 in less than a week why lol

GRC-User
Avatar level
3,145

Excellent

13 months ago.

have been using for 3 years and it's a quite good processor it sometimes gets way too hot tho especially when you oc overall a good processor

BGR-User
Avatar level
2,882

Good

23 months ago.

It's at great price for the performance it gives. Best value processor at this time for the whole world!

SWE-User
Avatar level
2,784

Terrible

5 months ago.

Using one at the minute in my mATX-Build. The fan is a bit loud, but I can hear it shifting speed when it has to. Running games + OBS & 4 monitors with multiple apps like spotify and discord + multiple browsers. No issues performance issues anywhere (970 gpu).

DZA-User
Avatar level
2,744

Poor

14 months ago.

the new amd Rayzen series is epic the R 5 1600 is destroying the intel I5 6600k with an awesome price

AUT-User
Avatar level
2,735

Good

2 years ago.

Best cpu ever for an used price of 50 euros! (Yeah, i got it for 50 euros)

NOR-User
Avatar level
2,290

Good

4 years ago.

Its very good for its low price, but it cant do a lot.. But for 80-100 $ its very good

CPUPro
Avatar level
2,072

Good

7 years ago.

CHN-User
Avatar level
2,034

Poor

2 years ago.

great processor for budget gamers

BLR-User
Avatar level
1,724

Good

3 years ago.

6 cores 12 threads and stability at 100% cpu usage/

IRQ-User
Avatar level
1,462

Poor

3 years ago.

Best Ryzen Cpu deal on the market

JAM-User
Avatar level
472

Excellent

4 years ago.

Awesome price to performance!!

ColdSpy
Avatar level
330

Good

4 years ago.

Wanted sub-100 6 core 12 thread CPU? Well, this CPU possessed insane value for performance compared to i3-9100F thanks to core/thread counts! Unfortunately, you had to pay a little lower single thread performance for more multi thread performance.

Comment  www.gamersnexus.net/...

AMD has released the AF version of this CPU, the difference is that the AF 1600 is manufactured with 12nm node and based on Zen+ rather than Zen which offered slightly higher performance than the original AE 1600. This variant is sold at price of $85.

yaabalfazl
Avatar level
92

Poor

6 years ago.

low single core

gicioks
Avatar level
54

Excellent

5 years ago.

Really good performance and value

mhrkh
Avatar level
30

Average

4 years ago.

Showing its age, but yet its consistent.

Laerid
Avatar level
28

Excellent

4 years ago.

Bang for your buck.

Tuuube
Avatar level
22

Good

6 years ago.

Good value, but not as good as it can be due to ram prices being so high

No1Spank
Avatar level
16

Average

6 years ago.

The most average & boring CPU money can buy today. Not great at anything, but also adequate for everything.

FIrestone
Avatar level
16

Good

5 years ago.

Great core/thread count for the price.

roynoris15
Avatar level
16

Excellent

5 years ago.

I love this CPU no words can't describe how the need to upgrade from fx.

zarzo
Avatar level
14

Poor

5 years ago.

good budget 1080p build cpu

hkey47
Avatar level
12

Terrible

6 years ago.

8600k better xhouce

MonoMan
Avatar level
10

Good

5 years ago.

A great budget CPU to compliment the GTX 1060 6GB or higher depending on the game and is good for starting out on blender or Unity.

vairfoley
Avatar level
10

Good

4 years ago.

Can be found for very cheap Q3 2019. Great value.

cayampa
Avatar level
8

Excellent

6 years ago.

What can I say? Excellent value for money!

pig1995z
Avatar level
8

Excellent

5 years ago.

Хочу собі такий купити

AnInitialDFan
Avatar level
8

Excellent

5 years ago.

It works great, perfect budget gaming cpu, can run anything I have with at least 60 fps, most are 90 fps or higher.

llewelyn_mt
Avatar level
8

Excellent

5 years ago.

Best general purpose CPU of 2017.

retroturtle101
Avatar level
6

Excellent

6 years ago.

Pretty good.

prodigyjon
Avatar level
6

Excellent

5 years ago.

Used AMD Ryzen Master to clock 4Ghz at 1.365v for a stable OC, performs equal/better on my machine than increasing base clock.

chicoviana
Avatar level
6

Excellent

4 years ago.

Very cheap and powerful

qwertyit
Avatar level
4

Excellent

6 years ago.

good for everythink (gaming, streaming,rendering etc)

andymcelroy
Avatar level
4

Excellent

6 years ago.

Best value in CPUs by a landslide in 2017

pinkdream
Avatar level
4

Excellent

6 years ago.

Best in ryzen!

kritloaf
Avatar level
4

Excellent

6 years ago.

I used to own one before I switched to Intel for gaming.

jnarai
Avatar level
4

Excellent

6 years ago.

Best bang for your buck hands down. Handles overclocks extremely well if properly cooled.

KaMa2
Avatar level
4

Excellent

5 years ago.

I have it I love it is so gud

GreenGoblin
Avatar level
4

Excellent

5 years ago.

Great budget CPU to get the job done and play the latest AAA titles.

ctmera
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

Insanely good value for great performance for any user.

Posija
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

Upgraded from Intel I7 4790K. Night and day when multitasking (opening several crypto wallets for example - with intel 2 wallets and my CPU is done, can't do anything anymore - with R1600 3 wallets calculating blockchain and i can still play a low demanging game (LoL)

Freon
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

AMD is back, baby.

YasinGNY
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

benim işlemcim

Jappleby
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

With a bit of creful overclocking this CPU is an absolute monster. Currently running 4.05 GHz on all 6/12 cores. 1339 in CB R15

Viktor791
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

Great CPU for a good price. My is currently running on 3,95GHz on 1,4V. Temps with SilentiumPC fera 3 max73°C.

bcwiseguy68
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 years ago.

I have the 1600 overclocked to 4.0GHz and it screams when paired with 3000Mhz DDR4 Ram

GamesterX
Avatar level
2

Excellent

5 years ago.

Ive always used AMD because of their prices. After a decade of mediocre chips its nice to get more then what you paid for again! Im running this chip @4100Mhz with a GTX1070 @2002Mhz Core and 4600Mhz Mem clocks, 4X8GB G.Skill TridentZ 3200 running @3266Mhz, a 1TB Samsung Evo SSD and the GTX1070 is the weakest link. UserBenchmark scores 105 101 99, Outstanding for a budget chip.

ddddd
Avatar level
2

Excellent

5 years ago.

Have it better than than an 8400 when u oc it , btw who buys low 6 cores 6 thread from Intel no reaeson to buy Intel

BD5BADMAN
Avatar level
2

Excellent

5 years ago.

LOVE IT

hoodguyz
Avatar level
2

Excellent

5 years ago.

Did't use AMD but the scores are impressive

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Bouzu
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 years ago.

Best price/performance. Smooth gameplay. Unrivaled for medium workload/

BelarusianOCer
Avatar level
2

Excellent

4 years ago.

Considering its cost and the fact that AMD secretly makes those on Zen+ for the same price it is an awesome CPU.

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