AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points
34% slightly better overall score
3354 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
13% slightly better gaming score
5297 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
44% significantly better multitasking score
2767 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
45% significantly better heavy workload score
2656 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
Identical
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089
497th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Ryzen 5 2400GE comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600 beats the Ryzen 5 2400GE in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2400GE 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 Ryzen 5 2400GE that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2400GE. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 5 2400GE have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2400GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 2400GE outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1600 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2400GE. The Ryzen 5 1600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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