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Ryzen 5 1500X

Average Bench: 67% (156th of 1206)

Based on 36,462 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]

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Poor: 57%Average: 67% Great: 76%
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X averaged 32.9% 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 104Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 201Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X is just 19.3%. 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 580Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 572Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 36,462 samples)
Rank 15667%
Min Avg Max
86.2 1-Core 104 115
163 2-Core 201 227
72.2% 153 Pts
Min Avg Max
291 4-Core 359 425
440 8-Core 572 650
59.2% 465 Pts
Min Avg Max
482 64-Core 580 645
38.9% 580 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
72.1% Very good
1-Core 114
2-Core 227
80% 170 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 607
63% 492 Pts
64-Core 610
41% 610 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
68.3% Good
1-Core 105
2-Core 212
74% 159 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 601
61% 483 Pts
64-Core 597
40% 597 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
66.3% Good
1-Core 108
2-Core 195
73% 152 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 610
60% 476 Pts
64-Core 610
41% 610 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
63.4% Good
1-Core 104
2-Core 190
70% 147 Pts
4-Core 324
8-Core 582
57% 453 Pts
64-Core 592
40% 592 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 24,086,552 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $189 @ launch in Apr '17
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 1500XAMD  $69Bench 67%, 36,462 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples5,829x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 78%, 703,911 samples3,234x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples3,134x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 106%, 532,443 samples2,805x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 201%, 154,178 samples1,621x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 111%, 438,928 samples1,575x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 294,777 samples3,124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 88%, 173,945 samples1,034x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 88%, 100,526 samples948x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $594

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,282

Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
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6,132

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

6 days ago.

RUS-User
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3,612

Excellent

1 day ago.

Хороший камень, с хорошей производительностью.

ROU-User
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2,853

Good

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
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2,805

Good

2 months ago.

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

ESP-User
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2,697

Good

12 months ago.

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

ISR-User
Avatar level
1,580

Good

6 months ago.

its very cheap and gives out amazing preformance

NZL-User
Avatar level
1,396

Terrible

19 months ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,282

Good

2 years ago.

GamingEliot
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494

Good

2 years ago.

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

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Terrible

2 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

yaabalfazl
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92

Terrible

2 years ago.

it low for 4k

raminro
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80

Good

2 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
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22

Good

12 months ago.

good performance vs budget

HyperArrow
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2

Excellent

2 years ago.

It's epic.

HooninAround
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2

Excellent

19 months ago.

So worth it for the price, powerful.

Mitjkp
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2

Excellent

10 months ago.

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

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