AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i5-2300

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 58.40
$ 35.00
$ 23.40 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points
158% significantly better overall score
1738 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
88% significantly better gaming score
3210 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
201% significantly better multitasking score
1327 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
204% significantly better heavy workload score
1273 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points
287% significantly higher Blender score
25.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points
196% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1515 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points
103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
516 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points
209% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1499 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points
112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
510 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089
769th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i5-2300 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600 beats the Core i5-2300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-2300 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2300. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2300. Also, the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2300 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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