AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Benchmark

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 3 GHz 6 core AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop CPU rating. Is the Ryzen 5 1600 good for gaming?

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CPU Benchmark Score

43 %

Very Good score from 23 samples
Low uncertainty

Performance

Very Good

Ranking

267th of 1,233

Popularity

53rd of 1,233

Samples

23 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Very Good

43 %

Gaming

Very Good

58 %

Multitasking

Good

38 %

Heavy Workloads

Good

36 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

4,910

Geekbench (single)

Single threaded benchmark

897

Cinebench R23

Multi threaded benchmark

6,468

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

5,283

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CPU Comparison

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i5-10600	54 %
Intel Core i5-10505	50 %
Intel Core i5-10400F	49 %
AMD Ryzen 5 1600	43 %
Intel Core i5-9500	41 %
Intel Core i5-9400F	39 %
AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE	36 %

Specifications

Clock Speed	3.2 GHz
Turbo Speed	3.6 GHz
Cores	6
Threads	12
L1 Cache	576 KiB
L2 Cache	3072 KiB
L3 Cache	16 MiB
PCIe Revision	3
Family	Ryzen 5 Desktop
Memory Type	DDR4
Memory Channels	2
Release Date	2017-11-04
Has Unlocked Multiplier	Yes
TDP	65 W

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

The Ryzen 5 1600 is a 6 core CPU from AMD released in 2017. This chip has a very good overall score at 43% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 58%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Ryzen 5 1600 scores 38% and 36% respectively. Indeed, this is a good rating for very heavy workloads.

The Ryzen 5 1600 has 6 cores and 12 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This AMD CPU has a clock speed of 3.2 GHz and a turbo speed of 3.6 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has an unlocked multiplier and allows for overclocking. With adequate cooling and a good power supply, it's possible to run this CPU at a higher clock speed.

As for memory, the Ryzen 5 1600 makes use of DDR4 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled.

In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 1600 has 576 KiB of level 1 cache, 3 MiB of level 2 cache and 16 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 3. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs.

Power and thermals for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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