TEST
YOUR CPU
ADD TO PC
BUILD

AMD YD150XBBAEBOX

Ryzen 5 1500X

▲ 624,266 ▼

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 68.7% (317th of 1276)

Based on 53,633 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F11 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor

The quad core and octa threaded Ryzen 1500X is a sub-$200 chip based on AMD's latest Zen architecture. It is released this month as part of the Ryzen 5 launch – a mid-market range specced out to challenge Intel's i5 series and yield considerably better multi-threaded performance at budget prices. Comparing the i5-7600K shows that the 7600K is 20% faster for single and quad core workloads but looses by 20% for multi-core workloads. The Ryzen 5 line-up also includes the 6 core 12 threaded 1600X. By comparison, the 1500X is 24% less expensive, comes with a Wraith Spire cooler and impressively yields very similar single and quad core performance, but multi-core performance lags 50% behind the 1600X. Both chips can be overclocked, but out the box, the base and boost clock speeds are 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz for the 1500X and 3.6GHz and 4.0GHz for the 1600X. The 1500X is a very reasonable CPU for the money, which thanks to AMD's recent IPC improvements, punches far above its weight for multi-threaded performance by Intel's standards. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

Poor: 58%Average: 68.7% Great: 76%
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Popular builds with this CPU

Above average average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X averaged 31.2% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 103Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 72.7Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X is just 18%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 567Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 557Pts
ADVERTISEMENT

Average Bench

(Based on 53,633 samples)
Rank 31768.7%
Min Avg Max
63.4 Memory 72.7 80.3
82.9 1-Core 103 114
157 2-Core 197 223
71.7% 124 Pts
Min Avg Max
270 4-Core 349 415
411 8-Core 557 636
57.7% 453 Pts
Min Avg Max
454 64-Core 567 636
38.1% 567 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
74.6% Very good
Memory 82
1-Core 108
2-Core 206
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 628
62% 495 Pts
64-Core 621
42% 621 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
69.7% Good
Memory 69.3
1-Core 99.1
2-Core 203
70% 124 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 600
62% 488 Pts
64-Core 575
39% 575 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
68.1% Good
Memory 65.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 210
72% 128 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 597
62% 488 Pts
64-Core 598
40% 598 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
65.4% Good
Memory 69.1
1-Core 101
2-Core 181
68% 117 Pts
4-Core 332
8-Core 538
55% 435 Pts
64-Core 554
37% 554 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
63% Good
Memory 72.6
1-Core 106
2-Core 211
74% 130 Pts
4-Core 288
8-Core 505
50% 397 Pts
64-Core 533
36% 533 Pts
53,633 MORE »

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 38,491,984 CPUs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $189 @ launch in Apr '17
AmazonUS $3281 month
Send price feedback
Custom PC Builder (Start a new build) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money.

CHOOSE A COMPONENT:

CPU GPU SSD HDD RAM MBD
Typical Ryzen 5 1500X Builds (Compare 12,221 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $119

CPU
Ryzen 5 1500XAMD  $328Bench 69%, 53,633 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples1,575x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples1,090x
RX 580AMD  $218Bench 55%, 626,711 samples1,039x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 744,297 samples630x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $51Bench 106%, 481,221 samples456x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 616,214 samples345x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples858x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 360,684 samples379x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 84%, 115,490 samples367x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $878

Popular Ryzen 5 1500X compatible motherboards:

How Fast Is Your CPU? (Bench your build) Size up your PC in less than a minute.

Welcome to our freeware PC speed test tool. UserBenchmark will test your PC and compare the results to other users with the same components. You can quickly size up your PC, identify hardware problems and explore the best upgrades.

UserBenchmark of the month

Gaming Desktop ProGaming

How it works

  • - Download and run UserBenchMark.
  • - CPU tests include: integer, floating and string.
  • - GPU tests include: six 3D game simulations.
  • - Drive tests include: read, write, sustained write and mixed IO.
  • - RAM tests include: single/multi core bandwidth and latency.
  • - Reports are generated and presented on userbenchmark.com.
  • - Identify the strongest components in your PC.
  • - See speed test results from other users.
  • - Compare your components to the current market leaders.
  • - Explore your best upgrade options with a virtual PC build.
  • - Compare your in-game FPS to other users with your hardware.
  • - Share your opinion by voting.
Processor Rankings (Price vs Performance) January 2021 CPU Rankings.

We calculate effective speed which measures real world performance for typical users. Effective speed is adjusted by current prices to yield a value for money rating. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top CPUs. [CPUPro]

ADVERTISEMENT

Group Test Results

  • Best user rated - User sentiment trumps benchmarks for this comparison.
  • Best value for money - Value for money is based on real world performance.
  • Fastest real world speed - Real World Speed measures performance for typical consumers.

 Comments

CPUPro
Avatar level
1,902

Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
Avatar level
7,338

Good (edit your comment) Add link

3 days ago.

AMD are great at selling junk. They pee in the well with fake comments, glorified cheerleaders on youtube and paid magazine reviews. My POS PC still crashes randomly. Everybody needs to call the rats out instead of letting them get away with it.

GBR-User
Avatar level
4,626

Excellent

5 months ago.

It's a brilliant CPU. I paid 135 GBP for it in 2017 and even to this day, it keeps my PC going. Paired with my 1050 Ti it performs amazingly. My 1500x performs much better than my friends i5-6600k.

RUS-User
Avatar level
4,036

Excellent

4 months ago.

Хороший камень, с хорошей производительностью.

ROU-User
Avatar level
3,509

Poor

2 months ago.

To be honest, this CPU delivers on everything it promises, it surpasses any 7th gen i5 and even some i7's from a productivity and performance standpoint, at a lower price.

ITA-User
Avatar level
3,309

Good

14 months ago.

Good 4 core 8 thread cpu, performing better than 2400g and also great amd wraith cooler stock

ESP-User
Avatar level
3,103

Excellent

2 months ago.

High performance for a small fraction of the cost of the competitors

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,688

Excellent

10 months ago.

Cheap cpu with great 1080p performance and a great upgrade path. Paired with a 1060 6gb it is the perfect mid-tier gaming setup

CPUPro
Avatar level
1,902

Good

3 years ago.

ISR-User
Avatar level
1,856

Good

18 months ago.

its very cheap and gives out amazing preformance

NZL-User
Avatar level
1,622

Terrible

2 years ago.

Its the best thing in the world the 1600 can suck it

SYR-User
Avatar level
544

Excellent

10 months ago.

very very very good price and good performance

GamingEliot
Avatar level
522

Good

3 years ago.

Not as great of a value comparing to the 1600X/1600, but great nonetheless.

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Terrible

3 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

yaabalfazl
Avatar level
92

Terrible

3 years ago.

it low for 4k

raminro
Avatar level
80

Good

3 years ago.

boys boysSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ON RYZEN ONLY USE DUAL CHANNEL NOT 2*SINGLE ON THREADRIPPR ONLY USE QUAD CHANNEL NOT 2*DUAL inside ram,(hardware ,IC and pcb )single,dual,quad not same ,completly diffrante ,, many people think = dual =2*single channel ram or quad =4* dual ram you must use only ram, write on box QUAD for threadripper (dual for ryzen) if you put wrong ram your system cant start , even if start , hiccops rip in windows, harm your cpu change your ram to this gskill ripjaws4 4*8 3200=250$ or gskil ripjaws4 4*4 2400=150$ از رم تک روی رایزن و زوتا دوال رو تریدریپر پرهیز کنید ، روشن نمیشه ، بشه هم لگ و سکسکه میده ، فقط رم درجه یک جی اسکیل یا ژل و لاغیر

meLoxXx
Avatar level
22

Good

2 years ago.

good performance vs budget

HyperArrow
Avatar level
2

Excellent

3 years ago.

It's epic.

HooninAround
Avatar level
2

Excellent

2 years ago.

So worth it for the price, powerful.

Mitjkp
Avatar level
2

Excellent

22 months ago.

outstanding performance if you can get one like me (r5 1500x + b350 200€)

Your
opinion?
▲Like ▼Dislike
Ready to retire
Age: 3 years

Speed Comparisons

vs Intel Core i5-9600K
vs Intel Core i5-10600K
vs Intel Core i5-10400F
vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
vs Intel Core i3-10100F
vs Intel Core i3-10100
vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
vs Intel Core i7-10700K
vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

1276 Processors (Compared) Thousands of user benchmarks compiled into one comparison list.

See how consistently different CPUs perform with varying real world conditions. The charts also illustrate overall performance, popularity and rank.

 Frequently Asked Questions

Processors FAQ
How does IPC compare between AMD's Ryzen and Intel's Kaby Lake?
What is multi core mixed speed?
What is multi core integer speed?
What is multi core floating point speed?
What is single core mixed CPU speed?
What is quad core mixed CPU speed?
What is quad core floating point speed?
What is quad core integer speed?
What is single core floating point speed?
What is single core integer speed?
What is the GeekBench single core score?
What is a CPU?
What is the effective CPU speed index?
What is overclocking?
What is thermal design power (TDP)?
What is the GeekBench score?
ALL FAQs »

 Best User Rated
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
Today's hottest
Amazon Ebay
deals
CPU GPU SSD HDD USB RAM MBD
Build Test EFps
Can You Run It?
►
YouTube
*NEW*
About  •  User Guide  •  FAQs  •  Email  •  Privacy  •  Developer  •  YouTube Feedback