AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Price

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$ 58.40

$ 50.85 significantly less expensive

$ 109.25

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points

1% slightly better overall score

4431 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points

0.52% slightly better gaming score

6004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

3931 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

3809 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points

3662 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points

114.07 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points

5171 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points

1217 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points

5247 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1242 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.25 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

Identical

576 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

Identical

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089

397th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Ryzen 5 2600X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600 beats the Ryzen 5 2600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 2600X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.